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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (9 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 664. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on when the long-Term Illness scheme will be reviewed in relation to the age restriction of 16 years of age on the mental illness category of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21774/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (9 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 730. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there have been no progress reports on the National Student Accommodation Strategy since 2019; if he will provide an update on progress since 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21637/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I want to ask the Tánaiste about the Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill. Historic monuments are a hugely important part of our heritage. Where there is public access to monuments, it must be protected. Aideen's Grave in Howth is a megalithic tomb where walking groups with local guides have been told by the new corporate landowner that they are no longer welcome to visit it....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the Schools Reconfiguration for Diversity process, the selection process for the initial pilot phase areas; the number of phases included under the guidelines of the process; the number of schools that have undergone successful reconfiguration and divestment since 2012; the target for Divestment under this process by 2030; if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: 193. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the regulations on service charges and sinking funds - under Sections 18.17 and 19.9 of the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 - which, as per Housing for All, were supposed to be introduced by Quarter 4 of 2022, will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20953/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. I have a number of questions. Is the market valuation of a site based on the average for the type of site or area or is it what the landowner paid for the site?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: If someone paid what might be considered over the odds, which in a way it is not because it is a market transaction, the full over the odds price will not be captured by this. It would be a baseline below it. This is quite difficult. Whatever someone pays is, by definition, the market price.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: With regard to existing use value, and to follow up on the previous question, it goes the whole way back. I think for most zoning, the first development plans were in the 1960s. Is that correct? It was before my time. The first Dublin development plan zoning came in around that time. We are talking about cases where the land has never developed, going the whole way back to that existing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is tied to the most recent zoning decision.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is the current development plan that is relevant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: A question about 15 years ago does not apply because the current development plan is relevant.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: The existing use value is off the current development plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Everything that is currently zoned as residential in current development plans will not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is in scope.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: If a development plan begins in 2020, it is the rezoning that happened-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: -----in 2019, going into 2020.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is captured.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: Okay. We could be going back a few years in terms of zoning decisions but the scenario of considering the situation 15 years ago simply would not apply because they are all-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: That is quite a different answer from the one I understood to have been given previously.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (4 May 2023)

Cian O'Callaghan: If land was agriculture in 2019 and was rezoned as residential in 2020, it is within scope. However, previous development plans are not within scope. I am interested in the whole area of active land management because there are massive benefits to it, not only in the timely delivery of housing but also in the timely delivery of infrastructure. Done well, it can also have an impact on...