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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I wish to speak on the amendments that seek to remove the term "market value". I can understand the desire to do this if the reason it is included in the Bill is not understood. We go back to the discussion we had in the first session. Effectively, the LDA is a mechanism that allows for the transfer of land at a nominal cost, so that when homes are built they do not include a significant...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: In many ways, we are having an academic discussion on what might happen in future. We know that the Valuation Office will be involved in pricing this land. Perhaps, in advance of Report Stage, that office could make clear the basis of the valuation, which would show Deputies Ó Broin and Cian O'Callaghan, me and other members of the committee what is likely to happen. We will not then...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Amendments Nos. 12 and 87 are related and may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: If amendment No. 34 is agreed, amendment No. 35 cannot be moved.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Is Deputy Boyd Barrett pressing the amendment?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: The repetition is helping me so I am happy to keep going. Do not vary it.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: If amendment No. 37 is agreed, amendment No. 38 cannot be moved.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: We have not reached that amendment so what we will do is-----

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: To clarify, the topic may be discussed when speaking to this grouping, but amendment No. 93 will not be moved until we reach it so we can address it at that point.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Absolutely.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: It is in this grouping, Deputy, so you may address it now.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: If amendment No. 41 is agreed, then amendment No. 42 cannot be moved. Amendment No. 41 was already discussed with amendment No. 2.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: If amendment No. 44 is agreed, then amendment No. 45 cannot be moved.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Amendments Nos. 47, 219 and 220 are related. Amendment No. 220 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 219. They are all to be discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: My apologies for interrupting the Deputy. We have reached the end of our slot and I propose that we suspend the select committee until 3.40 p.m. We will allow Deputy Ó Broin and Deputy Duncan Smith then to speak in advance of the Minister coming in.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes of course.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: If amendment No. 39 is agreed to, amendment No. 40 cannot be moved. Amendments Nos. 39, 40, 88 to 90, inclusive, and 93 are related. Amendment No. 40 is a physical alternative to No. 39. Amendments Nos. 39, 40, 88 to 90, inclusive, and 93 may be discussed together.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I call Deputy Ó Broin.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: I speak to amendments Nos. 222 and 223. I am repeating the point Deputy Higgins has made. There have been many characterisations of this legislation. In essence, it is a mechanism to take the commercial value and apply a charge to the land, which will mean it will deliver both social and affordable housing. Doing so reduces the value of the land cost, so when housing is built, the land...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 Jun 2021)

Paul McAuliffe: Vote for the Bill then.