Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy knows, I am well aware of O'Devaney Gardens. I hope that there will soon be an announcement on how that project will progress. I know the Deputy will welcome that as much as I will because it is a really important development. With regard to what Deputy Wallace said about the operation of the levy, we now have 235 sites from 12 local authorities - I know Dublin will be one - registered for the application of this levy. As I have described, the levy will go up from 3% to 7% if the land is not developed. The feedback I am getting - I acknowledge it is only feedback and we will have to wait to see until the financial liability is actually paid - is that this is having an impact on decisions that people are making with regard to holding land and what they decide to do with it.

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