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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (2 May 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...of all our citizens, support our transition to a low-carbon society and enhance our economic competitiveness. The Department of Transport published the National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland (NIFTI) in 2021 which sets out the prioritisation for future investment in the land transport network. The right transport investment helps to deliver high-quality travel and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Assets (9 Apr 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...The records available to my Department show that since 2004 there have been 51 waivers given in accordance with Section 73 of the Act. The records also show that €1.3m (monetary property) and other property (land and buildings) was waived.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...parts of our country against each other. It is about recognising that the city of Dublin is itself already facing into supply constraints. It is facing the challenge of many different pieces of land in different parts of the city. It is already facing competing demands. That is why Limerick has been so successful from an FDI perspective. That is why we have to find further ways in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (8 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: As the Deputy is aware the Land Development Agency was established in 2018. The Land Development Agency’s (LDA) main purpose is to maximise the supply of affordable and social homes on public land in a financially sustainable manner. The LDA is a commercial, State-sponsored body that has been created to coordinate land within public control to provide affordable and social homes and...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Financial Resolution (7 Nov 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: I move: That section 664 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997), which provides for income tax relief for certain income from leasing of farm land, be amended in the manner and to the extent specified in the Act giving effect to this Resolution.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...we will accelerate this progress with just under €7 billion of funding to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, of which €2.6 billion will be capital investment in housing. This will be supplemented by Land Development Agency investment and by Housing Finance Agency lending, resulting in an overall capital provision for housing of over €5 billion...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (26 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: There has been no direct contacts between my Department and the current or previous owners of the lands at Castletown. Engagement with the owners of the land is a matter for the Office of Public Works.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (26 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Public Works sought approval to purchase the lands at Castletown in September 2022 as the lands were placed for sale on the open market. Sanction was provided; however, the OPW were ultimately unsuccessful in acquiring the lands following the conclusion of a private treaty sale process.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (21 Sep 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: The Office of Public Works submitted a business case regarding the proposed purchase of lands adjacent to Castletown House in 2021. Queries were raised and the OPW subsequently revised the business case accordingly. Sanction for the purchase of the lands was provided on the basis of the revised business case.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...at €4.07 billion. This is a massive increase since the Government was formed in 2020. If that is taken as the benchmark, the increase has been over €1.5 billion. We are also seeing the Land Development Agency begin to fulfil its potential. All of those figures, combined with local authorities getting a social housing programme well under way across the country, will mean...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Summer Economic Statement 2023: Discussion (12 Jul 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ..., which, I believe, will show even more visible signs of progress all over the country in the next year. It is a direct factor as well in the funding the Government has made available to the Land Development Agency to deliver our cost-rental programme. These issues influence discussions that happen in government. I hope we can build even more on the well-being framework that we have...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...delivery of a number of key projects such as: the delivery of Dublin airport’s new North Runway which is a key piece of strategic national infrastructure for current and future generations in Ireland, and the Shannon Foynes Port Company’s (SFPCs) Infrastructure Development Programme is well underway, which includes land purchase and site development for a new port logistics...

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

Paschal Donohoe: ...) relating to the possible use of modular housing units to provide durable accommodation solutions. Those discussions considered the potential capacity of the modular manufacturing industry in Ireland to produce a product at scale and to the appropriate standard. In conjunction with the CIF and the modular manufacturing industry, the OPW developed an exemplar design and specification to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (9 May 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...and public finances over the past number of years has allowed Government to do the following:Firstly, provide increased resources for core public services, investing in quality of life in Ireland to support a strong, fair and equal society into the future, Secondly, deliver significant and essential infrastructural projects through our National Development Plan. These projects will support...

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...to do and achieve more, and to achieve more on the back of an economy that continues to be strong. If one looks at what this Government has had to contend with on behalf of the people of Ireland in recent years, during this term of office, we can make a case to the Dáil and to the people today as to why support for this Government is merited, and why that support, in turn, will allow...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coillte Teoranta (31 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: In the first instance, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine and the Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity hold responsibility for Government forestry policy. Coillte is a commercial state company under the aegis of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine. The first reference to a forestry deal between Coillte and the named private sector company received by the...

Statement by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (24 Jan 2023)

Paschal Donohoe: ...the important work of the Government. I have always sought to hold myself and those around me to the highest of standards. Finally, I wish to say that I deeply regret that this has caused the loss of Mr. Stone from the boards of both the Land Development Agency and the north-east inner city task force. He gave his time freely in an attempt to make a difference to the lives of those who...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (15 Dec 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: 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, including farmers, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Social Media (14 Dec 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...2021 on a consultancy contract with Daniel J Edelman. The consultancy was for specialist advice and support on the use of social media in international contexts for the international launches of the Government of Ireland’s Ireland for Finance strategy. ***Banking division had no direct spending on social media in either 2022 or 2021. However, Banking Division contributed...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2022)

Paschal Donohoe: ...on by Senator Higgins in her contribution, whether that be capital gains tax, local property tax or the new taxes the Government is committed to introducing in the time ahead such as a zoned land tax or the measure the Government committed to today regarding a tax that would gain for the State a share of the higher value of a piece of land where the value is conferred on it by rezoning...