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Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The wording of amendment No. 144 is as proposed by the Association of Irish Local Government. I am interested in hearing the Minister's response to the concern expressed by Deputy O'Callaghan. I think that the Minister's amendment resolves the problem and addresses the broader issue of boards of directors, etc. I am less concerned than Deputy O'Callaghan but I would like to hear from the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I want to be clear. I have three amendments in this group. How far are we going up?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Chair is right.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 145: In page 35, after line 38, to insert the following: “50.The Land Development Agency shall be subject to the City or County Development Plan, the Local Area Plan, and any other statutory plans or bye-laws made by the local authority in relation to any land which it proposes to develop and including the making of a masterplan for such land.”. ...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: The wording of amendments Nos. 151 and 152 have also been drafted by AILG. Amendment No. 151 is about asserting the primacy of statutory plans, policies or byelaws made by local authorities in relation to the location on which land is situated, including but not limited to the county or city development and local area plan. It is a further strengthening of the previous amendment in that...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I welcomed the Minister's previous amendments that clarify the standing of the subsidiary designated activity companies and I welcome these amendments from him as well. We will support them. With regard to amendments Nos. 145, 151 and 152, he seems willing to consider these in the context of a possible Report Stage amendment so I am happy to withdraw them at this stage. I reserve the...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 154: In page 36, line 35, after "Oireachtas" to insert "and the relevant Oireachtas Committee".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 160: In page 37, line 28, to delete "market value" and substitute "existing use value".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: Have we not discussed these already?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 165: In page 37, to delete lines 32 and 33.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a small question on clarification for the Minister. I presume the intention of these amendments is in cases where the Valuation Office would not be used, and I presume this would not be the norm. Will the Minister set out what circumstances may arise? Is it if the Valuation Office is too busy with an overall workload? What would be the purpose of using private valuers for this function?

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 174: In page 38, to delete lines 7 and 8.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister for his explanation. I have two small questions for clarification. Is this for development land or smaller strips of land to access development land in the first instance? On what grounds would compensation not be paid? I am not arguing against the amendment. It is just for the purposes of clarity.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I ask for clarification on the clarification. Does this mean there could be occasions where land is being transferred from one State agency to the LDA in which no cost is incurred and, effectively, the land is being transferred for free? Is this what the Minister is speaking about? My previous question was on whether we are speaking about large development sites or small ransom strip...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: To go back to the first point for a tiny clarification, if I understand this correctly, no compensation is paid at the time of the land being transferred but the land would be acquired through whatever the valuation is at a later stage.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 153: In page 36, line 33, to delete "as soon as may be" and substitute "within 30 days".

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 183: In page 38, line 32, to delete “market value” and substitute “existing use value”.

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I fully support amendment No. 186 because it is very much in the same spirit as my own view of this section. Amendment No. 187 is also one of the AILG's amendments. It is a very specific provision whereby if the LDA intends to sell land that has originally been acquired from a local authority, it should be offered for purchase back to the local authority either at the prevailing market...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to reply to the Minister in regard to amendment No. 187. The fundamental disagreement here is that I do not believe one or two Ministers should have the authority to decide whether considerable tracts of public land should be sold, including to private actors. One of the great values of the section 183 process in local authorities, to which I will come in a moment, is that there is a...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move amendment No. 187: In page 39, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following: “(4) In the case of land that had been acquired originally from a local authority, the land shall be offered for purchase to the local authority at the prevailing market price or the price paid to the local authority at original acquisition, whichever is the lower.”.