Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 7:

In page 3, line 24, to delete "5 years" and substitute "2 years".

I can press it but I hear what the Minister said. He does not want to give a third extension and he can understand how a one-year timeframe might be too tight if a development comprises more than 20 houses. However, given these are all developments on which substantive progress has already been made, to avoid the concern about hoarding with people holding back, I would argue for setting a two or three-year period, which would be a signal towards completion and getting housing in the next two or three years rather than in five years' time. I am interested to hear from the Minister why that does not make sense.

See this speech in context