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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: It has long been the policy of the OPW to seek to reunite the historic demesne lands of Castletown Estate. The Commissioners of Public Works acquired Castletown House and 13 acres of land in 1994. In 1997, one hundred acres south of the house was acquired. The farmyard adjacent to the house was acquired in 2001. In 2006, lands associated with the Batty Langley Lodge were acquired with former...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (2 Nov 2011)

Michael Noonan: I am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that development land is defined as land, the consideration for the disposal of which is greater than its "current use value". The current use value of land is its value if it were unlawful, to develop it, apart from development of a minor nature, and it continues to remain unlawful to do so. Principal private residence relief (PPR relief) extends...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (28 Mar 2017)

Richard Bruton: In that regard, my Department understands that the Board of Management for one of the school’s concerned have approached the land owners with a request to retain part of the lands concerned for the benefit of the school. As the schools and lands, referred to by the Deputy, are in private ownership, issues pertaining to the school site and lands available for school use would be a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Framework Plans (12 Nov 2014)

Simon Coveney: Each year farmers in Ireland benefit from funding of over €1.5 billion under Schemes such as the Single Farm Payment Scheme, the Disadvantaged Areas Scheme, the Agri-Environment Schemes, etc. This comprises the entire net income of many thousands of Irish farmers.The Deputy will be aware that following consultation with the EU Commission, as part of the normal Accounting process, my...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Patrick O'Donovan: No. The lands that we own are park lands. If the Department of Justice, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine or the Department of Education owns lands, they are not owned by the OPW. Most of the lands that are in the custody of the OPW, such as monuments and the lands around them, are actually owned by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. We...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commonage Division (15 Jan 2014)

Simon Coveney: The commonage lands at Keelderry were inspected in 2010/2011. During the course of this inspection it was found that 90% of a specific parcel of this commonage land was ineligible under the terms and conditions of the Single Payment/ Disadvantaged Areas’ Scheme. Two further parcels were deemed ineligible as one comprised of scrub and the other comprised of bog with heather. Finally one...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (27 Jun 2023)

Michael McGrath: RZLT is an annual tax, calculated at a rate of 3% of the market value of the land within its scope. The tax will be due and payable from 2024 onwards in respect of land which fell within the scope of the tax on or before 1 January 2022. Where land is zoned or serviced after 1 January 2022, the tax will be first due in the third year after the year in which it comes within scope. The aim...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (8 Mar 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: My Department, in conjunction with local authority planning departments, published a Residential Land Availability Survey in February 2015 of all lands zoned for residential development in statutory local authority development plans and local area plans across Ireland. A summary of the findings, including a breakdown of the results by local authority and nationally in table 3...

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2013)

Alan Shatter: I move amendment No. 8:In page 5, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “Proceedings relating to certain mortgages to be brought in Circuit Court 3. (1) This section applies to land which is the principal private residence of--(a) the mortgagor of the land concerned, or (b) a person without whose consent a conveyance of that land would be void by reason of--(i) the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Biomethane Renewable Gas: Discussion (3 May 2023)

Dr. Fiona Thorne: I take it as a given that the supply of land is finite. Supply and demand interact to generate the price. If our supply of land is fixed and the demand for land increases as we are looking at using agricultural-based feedstocks for these anaerobic digestion plants, based on the principles of economics, land rental prices will go up. We have seen over the last couple of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (11 Jul 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...neo-Palladian country house built within an extensive estate. In 1994, the Office of Public Works took responsibility for Castletown House and estate. Initially, this was only 13 acres of land with the house. It has long been the policy of the OPW to seek to reunite the historic Castletown estate. In 1997, one hundred acres south of the house was acquired. The farmyard adjacent to the...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (26 Jan 2010)

Eamon Ryan: ...the following information specifically relating to County Kildare Kildare (Distribution System Operator) Status Project MW Export Capacity Type Connected Arthurstown, Kill, Co. Kildare 4.26 Land Fill Gas Connected Arthurstown, Kill, Co. Kildare 1.25 Land Fill Gas Connected Silliot Hill, Brownstown 1.255 Land Fill Gas Connected Arthurstown Landfill Phase 3 4.1 Land Fill Gas Pending...

Written Answers — Land Mobility: Land Mobility (29 Nov 2006)

Mary Coughlan: There has been some improvement in farm structures in recent years, however, low levels of land mobility can be obstacles for those who wish to enter farming or expand the size of their holdings. The volume of agricultural land being offered for sale is at historically low levels, while land prices have risen dramatically. However, land leasing is now much more common than in the past....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Sep 2023)

Michael McGrath: The Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) is a new tax introduced in Finance Act 2021 which seeks to increase housing supply by encouraging the activation of development on lands which are suitably zoned and appropriately serviced. It aims to bring those lands which have benefitted from investment in services and are capable of being developed forward for housing. The tax is an action contained...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2023)

Steven Matthews: ...complex. In order to get it right, the Minister has to take his time. There is no doubt about that. I would be concerned that we will end up with a request for de-zoning and that we zone other land. One in five or one in six land parcels that are zoned proceed to development within the lifespan of a development plan. There is no guarantee that land being zoned under one development...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (21 Mar 2023)

Michael McGrath: Finance Act 2021 introduced Part 22A Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) into the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. The RZLT is designed to prompt residential development by landowners of land that is zoned for residential or mixed-use (including residential) purposes and that is serviced. RZLT is an annual tax, calculated at a rate of 3% of the market value of the land within its scope. The...

Written Answers — Land Certificates: Land Certificates (22 Mar 2005) See 2 other results from this answer

Mary Coughlan: My Department does not appear to have received a letter from this solicitor regarding a land certificate as outlined in the details. I understand the letter referred to relates to a land certificate for a different folio number to that mentioned in the question. At the request of the Land Registry office, the records branch of my Department lodged the land certificate for this folio in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Ownership (16 Apr 2013)

Alan Shatter: The Property Registration Authority is responsible for the management and control of the Land Registry and Registry of Deeds. When title or ownership is registered in the Land Registry the deeds are filed in the Registry and all relevant particulars concerning the property and its ownership are entered on folios which form the registers maintained in the Land Registry. In conjunctions with...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2021
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Local Government Fund Account 2021
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 6: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities (1 Jun 2023)

Colm Burke: Another issue is the land bank that local authorities have. If Ms Stapleton had an assessment in the morning of the land bank each local authority has, what numbers of housing or residential units would those deliver in each local authority? Do we know what land bank each local authority has? What is their plan over three to four years in relation to those land banks? How many local...