Seanad debates
Tuesday, 10 December 2002
Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage.
As the permissions that were to wither did not include any obligation under Part V of the Planning and Development Act, the Minister has decided to introduce a levy on developers towards the local authority housing programme. Builders must pay a levy to local authorities for each unit built under these permissions. I understand builders and developers have no problems with that. The whole system was logjammed and was not working under the old legislation. The Minister is making it illegal for the levy to be passed on to house purchasers, which is welcome.
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