Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 June 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Infrastructure Provision and Residential Developments: Discussion

Mr. Conor O'Connell:

As house builders, we have heard it said that if an asset is put in place like a wastewater treatment plant, water mains or some other infrastructure, and a housing development does not take place on the zoned lands, then we have paid a significant amount of money and the asset is now stranded. That is where the issue-----