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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 Jan 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: The Land Development Agency (LDA) has developed the State Lands Database which provides a detailed and mapped representation of the extent and location of lands owned by public bodies including local authorities in Ireland. Its contents are informed by the LDA’s engagement with the Property Registration Authority, Ordnance Survey Ireland and other public bodies. The constraints...

Written Answers — Farm Consolidation: Farm Consolidation (30 Jun 2011)

Simon Coveney: Section 104 of the Finance Act 2007 amended the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 to grant stamp duty relief where a farmer sells qualifying land and purchases qualifying land in order to consolidate his or her holding. To be eligible to claim the stamp duty relief, the sale and purchase of qualifying land(s) must occur within 18 months of each other and before 30 June 2011. Land sold and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (8 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: The Programme for Government committed to a land use review to inform future government policy. The way we manage our land plays an important role in the protection of biodiversity, climate change mitigation and the food we produce. Land use policy also plays a crucial role in land use diversification. Increasing the area of forestry will be crucial in increasing the amounts of carbon...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (12 Nov 2009)

Dermot Ahern: ...the principal functions of the Property Registration Authority, which has been established under the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006, is to manage and control the Registry of Deeds and the Land Registry. In the case of registered land, ownership of the land is recorded in registers in the Land Registry and property deeds are retained in the Registry. Earlier this year, the...

Written Answers — Tax Reliefs: Tax Reliefs (5 Jul 2011)

Simon Coveney: Section 104 of the Finance Act 2007 amended the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 to grant stamp duty relief where a farmer sells qualifying land and purchases qualifying land in order to consolidate his or her holding. To be eligible to claim the stamp duty relief, the sale and purchase of qualifying land(s) must occur within 18 months of each other and before 30 June 2011. Land sold and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (22 Nov 2018)

Michael Creed: The Basic Payment Scheme terms and conditions state that in determining the eligibility of land applied upon to draw down payment, the land declared must be managed by the farmer.  If the farmer is not the owner of the land, the farmer must be in a position to provide verifiable evidence that the land is available to them for the required period. Farmers who enter into leases or...

Written Answers — Farm Consolidation: Farm Consolidation (27 Jun 2006)

Mary Coughlan: There has been some improvement in farm structures in recent years, however, low levels of land sales and 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. The amount of agricultural land sold has declined by 71%...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Penalties (26 Apr 2018)

Michael Creed: In order to qualify for payment under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS), an applicant must have an eligible hectare of land in respect of each entitlement held by them. In accordance with the land eligibility rules, where land has been burned between the period of 1 March and 31 August of any given year it is not eligible for payment under the BPS for that scheme year. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (19 Feb 2019)

Michael Creed: The leasing of land is a civil matter and the persons involved should seek their own independent legal advise. However, with regard to the parcel mentioned by the Deputy, the townland of Cloonacool has not been declared as common land in the past, nor does the folio for said lands indicate that the lands are legally considered as land farmed in common. In certain circumstances, grazing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (1 Dec 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...and the Marine annually publishes the Helpsheet/Terms and Conditions for the EU Basic Payment Scheme (BPS)/Greening Payment and other Area Based Schemes. This document along with the Guide to Land Eligibility, sets out the conditions for land to be eligible for payment. Each applicant is responsible, in conjunction with their farm advisor, to ensure the lands are eligible for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (28 Nov 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: Section 3 of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 defines the term "derelict site" as meaning "any land which detracts, or is likely to detract, to a material degree from the amenity, character or appearance of land in the neighbourhood of the land in question because of - (a) the existence on the land in question of structures which are in a ruinous, derelict or dangerous condition, or (b) the...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Minerals Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 May 2017)

Brian Stanley: Section 136(2)(a) refers to the need, in preparing the rehabilitation plan, to consult "the occupiers of dwellings and business premises in the area, and of any land over which access to the area may be required, and if there is registered land within the area, or land over which access is required, the registered owners of that land". Does this include public land or land owned by a public...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (16 Oct 2019)

Michael Creed: A total of 119,375 applications were submitted under the 2019 Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme, of which a total of 103,904 currently hold eligible land.  Not all these applicants will be due to receive payments.  For example, many will make on-farm decisions in relation to their stocking rates over the course of the year which will impact on their eligibility for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Assets (19 Jan 2017)

Catherine Connolly: 32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the detail of the land that is owned by Galway city and county council and zoned residential; the location of those lands in the city and in the county; if that figure includes the lands transferred by the city or county under the land aggregation scheme; the figure for the lands transferred; the plans for those...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Land Issues (21 Sep 2021)

Charlie McConalogue: The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) had long since recognised the importance of land mapping to support better decision making on land use and management practices, therefore a dedicated land use division has been established by DAFM. DAFM is partnering with several agencies in providing assistance to Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSI) and Environmental Protection Agency...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...impacting the Forestry Sector’ report from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and the Marine recommends a review of a decision made by the Department to restrict the planting of unenclosed land in December 2010, to no more than 20% of any one application. Unenclosed land is, in general, less fertile and more exposed than enclosed land and trees planted on unenclosed...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2015)

Mick Wallace: The Minister of State has provided that the site must be situated in an area where there is a need for housing. I made the point in the Chamber that land banking is one of the biggest problems in the industry, and we need to deal with it. There are too many provisions in the Bill that allow developers to get out of this. If someone has bought land for development and deems that there is no...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: House Prices (5 May 2021)

Darragh O'Brien: I am pleased the Deputy mentioned that. There are a few initiatives. One very significant one was the creation of the Land Development Agency, which ensures that State-owned land is used productively. We bring land that has not been previously identified or used for housing into public use, and if we bring more land like that at a greatly reduced cost in many instances, effectively a zero...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Taxation Review: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2014)

Mr. John Enright: I will start off and then hand over to Ms Mary Buckley. It is crucial for farmers to have access to land. Mr. Eddie Downey covered much of the land leasing issue. An elderly farmer can lease land to a stranger and tax relief on land leasing can be secured, but that farmer cannot lease land to his son, daughter or nephew. It is important to get that issue addressed. ...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Planning Issues (9 Nov 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...in Deputy O'Callaghan's constituency in Dublin. We have not seen anything like the number of homes and apartments under development since 2007. Progress is being made. The residential zoned land tax is a big change in how we manage land and how we will deal with reducing speculation on land and people hoarding land. It is already having an effect in advance of it coming in. Lands have...