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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 (4 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have three more questions.

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)

Eoin Ó Broin: Mr. Hogan does not have to be brief. I have two more questions on this issue. We have not discussed the miscellaneous provisions at the end of the general scheme of the Bill. I cannot let the witnesses leave without explaining them properly because a couple of them seem significant. To go back to the issue of the levy and its impact on development costs, Mr. Hogan explained that it will...

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)

Eoin Ó Broin: Whatever the cost of the land, whether that is market value or market value plus tax, it will find its way into the all-in development cost for the developer. There are arguments for and against that. I am not arguing against it. If we take development contributions and water connections, for example, the unit cost can be between €9,000 and €25,000, approximately, depending...

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)

Eoin Ó Broin: My second question is related to that point. How will this relate to the development contributions? When we all realised there was no mention of the development contribution scheme in the draft planning and development Bill, some of us got the impression this might replace it, whereas clearly the two are remaining.

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)

Eoin Ó Broin: One is a levy on the land uplift or a portion of it and the other is a development contribution for the grant of planning. When did that change from a decision that the two were merged to them now being stand-alone and separate? What is the logic of that?

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)

Eoin Ó Broin: I promise I have only one more question after that.

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)

Eoin Ó Broin: At this point in time, there is no point in asking Mr. Hogan to share that value of the scheme.

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)

Eoin Ó Broin: On its relationship with the development contributions, basically they will be two separate calculations, that is, development levy and charges and the development contributions will continue as is.

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)

Eoin Ó Broin: What was the rationale for having only one and what is the rationale that settled on keeping them separate?

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)

Eoin Ó Broin: Both issues.

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)

Eoin Ó Broin: The original idea was merging the two to one. In theory, there was still the same cost of having two, but you would not have known what that ultimate cost was at the end. Whereas, at least with this one, you know the land value sharing bit at the beginning and it can be paid at that point.

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)

Eoin Ó Broin: There was a slightly different calculation, but they were trying to do the same thing. There are number of unrelated, miscellaneous amendments at the end, a number of which relate to section 50 of the exiting Act. That has exercised the committee greatly in the pre-legislative scrutiny and the witnesses will see all the recommendations. I wish to put this point on the record because it...

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)

Eoin Ó Broin: If we get something on the record, members can read that. If there is an explanatory memo, send that as well.

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)

Eoin Ó Broin: Unfortunately, sometimes for a good reason and sometimes for reasons that some of us question on the floor of the Dáil Chamber, stuff often comes in as miscellaneous amendments. They are often presented as very technical and they are very significant and profound – good, bad or indifferent. I ask, at a minimum, whether our committee, as part of the pre-legislative scrutiny of...

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)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is the technical that often have the most significance. That is not to say they are good, bad or indifferent.

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)

Eoin Ó Broin: Perfect.

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)

Eoin Ó Broin: A short note to add an additional explanation for those two section 50 amendments would be very helpful.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that waiting times for driving tests in Dublin currently range from approximately four to eight months; what action is being taken by his Department to ensure waiting times are reduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20375/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (3 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has considered opening further driving test centres to address the demand and delays currently experienced; if an additional testing centre for the Dublin area has been considered; if so, the outcome of the consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20376/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (3 May 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: 121. To ask the Minister for Finance if the 70% loan to value ratio required to avail of the help-to-buy scheme applies to the market value or discounted price of the property for a purchase of a local authority affordable home under the affordable housing fund; and, if the former, to explain the reason. [20712/23]