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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: The valuations are existing market value, existing use value-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: That could be five or ten years later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: I will follow on from the line of questioning by Deputies O'Callaghan and Ó Broin in terms of the principle of rezoning and dezoning. It is very rarely that we see land dezoned and for any of us who has ever sat through county development plan meetings, it is quite common to see land rezoned against all recommendations. I include the land tax in this as well but does the CCMA think...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: We will forgive Ms Scully for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: One of the principles of proper planning is that it is done in the common good. In terms of the zoned land types, I have been approached by people whose land has been included in the zoned land tax. They do not want to pay the tax but neither do they want the land dezoned because it is obviously worth a lot more as an asset as zoned land. I expect that in many cases the land would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: Ms Scully is right that it is early days in terms of the zoned land tax. It is very early days of what we are look at here; there is not even an Act yet. We have to let these things settle a little bit and see how they work out. There is no doubt as time goes on that things may have to be adjusted and tweaked. We have had quite a good discussion on resources and we are all really...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: Does Ms Farrelly have any recommendations for the committee on how we could improve that process? I am always conscious that when we do something that is relevant to this committee, it gets lumped onto the local authorities and it is on the local authorities to do that. All through Covid, everything was put on top of the local authorities. Does Ms Farrelly have any recommendations or asks...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: My last question is on the resources. Consider, for example, a lot of GIS mapping requirements and the evaluation of land, is there scope for this to be done regionally and to procure third-party assistance, but without each of the 31 local authorities trying to do its own one? Would it be a better use of resources, in a constrained market, to get somebody in? If we know the sites that are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: Is this something where the regional assembly might have a role so these services could be done regionally rather than on a county basis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: I thank Ms Farrelly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: I would like to follow on from Senator Boyhan's point. It is important that there is some sort of very simplified reporting process on county development plans, if they go to ten years, for the elected members of the council. It should tell them the basics like how much land was zoned, how much has planning permissions on it, what has commenced, etc., just so one could track it all the way...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: Deputy Kelly was right to point out this is not just a green issue or a Green Party issue. This affects all of us, and every single one of us in this House. Nature has been going into reverse and into decline for 50, 60 or 70 years and we have all had a contribution towards that. This is an opportunity to reverse and turn it around. While it is not just a green thing, the Greens will...

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: I did not interrupt you. I asked: do you have a commitment to the environment; do you have a commitment to climate? Because I see no evidence of that.

Nature Restoration Law and Irish Agriculture: Statements (31 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: He is not my MEP. I cannot vote for him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: I welcome everybody to the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. We are meeting to discuss homelessness and the homelessness report this committee published about 18 months ago. I am delighted to be joined in the committee room by, from the Dublin Region Homeless Executive, DRHE, Ms Mary Hayes, director, and Mr. John Durkan, deputy director. From Threshold, we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: I thank Ms Hayes for that comprehensive report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: I thank Mr. Stanley. We move to the members now. We will do a seven or eight-minute slot. People should raise their hand if they wish to come in on an answer. I advise Mr. Kavanagh to let me know if he wants to contribute something, as people online sometimes get left out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: Sorry. I have to interrupt Dr. Kavanagh there because we are well over time on that slot. Mr. Shinnors probably wants to speak but I will have to bring him in in the next round because I have to move on now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Homelessness Issues: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Steven Matthews: I have allowed everybody else to have a minute or two longer, so I will extend that to Deputy Higgins as well, if she wants to come back in.