Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all organisations and individuals consulted in advance of the publication of the general scheme of the Planning and Development (Land Value sharing and Urban Development Zones) Bill 2022; and a list of all submissions received by his Department during the preparation of this general scheme. [22008/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Stakeholder engagement was undertaken during the drafting of the General Scheme for the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill, including with representatives of local authorities and State agencies. To facilitate this process, my Department established a working group consisting of representatives from South Dublin, Limerick, Cork City and Waterford local authorities as well as the Local Government Management Agency.

My Department also engaged with expert valuers within the Valuation Office and the local government sector with regard to the process, methodology and legislative definitions to ensure that the objectives of the measure could be achieved and that the process could be operated as efficiently and as fairly as possible.

In undertaking an economic appraisal of the proposed measures, Indecon International Research Economists engaged in a process of data gathering to support the evidence-based assessment. This involved information requests issued to local authorities in relation to data regarding Part V valuations and estate agents and auctioneers requesting data on land transactions as well as a survey of the potential effects of Land Value Sharing; data on transactions received from State agencies and publications; and a public call for submissions in respect of the proposals. 

The General Scheme was published on 14 April 2023 on my Department’s website accompanied by an explanatory memorandum to outline the objectives and details of the proposed measures. Any submissions received by my Department in advance of the publication of the final Bill for introduction in the Houses of the Oireachtas will be taken into account, in addition to the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage and any recommendations contained therein.