Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Regarding the previous amendment, we will be using many incentives to try to encourage owners to develop their sites. Much of the approach in our action plan to the unused 28,000 planning permissions is to incentivise development and make it worthwhile for everybody. While we do not want to give anybody increased profit margins, we will work with him or her on his or her sites. History proves that use of the carrot can often work better than use of the stick. Certainly, we need the right combination. We are trying to use the carrot as well as the stick.