Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response. This issue was raised with me by one of our most experienced councillors in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Denis O’Callaghan. He tells me a co-operative housing scheme of 42 units is under construction in the area by Co-operative Housing Ireland, of which 34 will be rental and eight built as co-operative home owned. Eight families opted into the scheme who were selected from the social housing lists on the council. The local authority insists these eight dwellings are subject to development levies because they are classed as private dwellings, even though they are on the same site as the other units being built. The developer liable for the levies will pay the council and then charge the eight families.

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