Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
General Scheme of the Conclusion of IBRC Special Liquidation and Dissolution of NAMA Bill: Department of Finance
1:30 pm
Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent)
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If we are getting follow-up information, it would be useful to know for how long there has been planning permission in respect of the 3,500 units. It is not just a case of how many are social and affordable but also how long the planning permission has been in existence. This is a concern when things are dealt with as assets rather than priorities for building. We know that lots of planning permissions have been hanging around for a long time and have not been activated.