Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The tenant in situscheme is hugely successful. Going back to the Deputy's case, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council provides an exemption for social housing units provided by a co-operative body. The Deputy’s councillor colleague is correct. The measure relating to development contributions and refunds is an activation measure and is about getting sites under construction now. The Deputy is referring, I assume, to a development that is completed. The individual development contribution scheme is the sole prerogative of the local authority, more particularly the elected members. It is a reserved function of the elected members. We can follow up the Deputy’s query with Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown but ultimately the decision on the development contribution scheme is a reserved function of the local authority and its members.

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