Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in relation to the scoping maps for the residential zoned land tax, what is the total area of land, in hectares, currently scoped to which the residential zoned land tax may apply; and if a breakdown can be provided by these areas, by planning authority area. [34195/23]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what percentage of the lands, nationally the residential zoned land tax ‘scoped lands’ occupies. [34196/23]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what percentage of the lands, by local authority/ planning authority area, the residential zoned land tax scoped lands occupies. [34197/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 324, 325 and 326 together.

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.

The tax applies to land that is:

• zoned suitable for residential development whether it be solely or primarily for residential use, or for a mixture of uses, including residential use, and
• serviced (that is: reasonable to consider may have access, or be connected, to public infrastructure and facilities, including roads and footpaths, public lighting, foul sewer drainage, surface water drainage and water supply, necessary for dwellings to be developed and with sufficient service capacity available for such development)

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the ‘Housing Lands Availability Survey (HLAS) was not updated to accommodate the most recent residential lands identified. [34202/23]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to what degree it can be demonstrated that the ‘broad-brush’ approach of the residential zoned land tax scoping maps is going to contribute to the provision of additional housing, over and above that which would or could be achieved by a more forensic and detailed approach, (along the lines of the ‘Housing Lands Availability Survey’ HLAS approach), which would identify the actual developable sites, which are currently laying fallow or being hoarded. [34204/23]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many submissions have been received from landowners since the publication of the scoping maps in relation to the residential zoned land tax; if a breakdown on this figure can be provided per planning authority area; how many submissions, if any, were deemed invalid, as having been received outside the notified timeframe; and if a breakdown can be provided on this figure, by planning authority area. [34205/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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In relation to the Residential Zoned Land Tax, only land that has been zoned for residential use or for a mixture of uses including residential within a local authority development plan or local area plan, as adopted by the elected members of the local authority, and that is serviced, will potentially fall into scope for the tax. Zoned land that is within the scope of RZLT will be identified on a map prepared by the relevant local authority. Draft and supplemental maps have been prepared and published by local authorities during 2022 and 2023. Each local authority will prepare and publish a final map by 1 December 2023.

According to the figures provided to my Department by local authorities, 1,687 submissions, including approximately 210 requests to amend zoning, were made to local authorities by the end of the public display period for the draft maps on 1 January 2023. A breakdown of this data by planning authority is presented in Table 1.

A total of 85 additional submissions were received on foot of the publication of the supplemental maps. Of these submissions, 39 related to sites that had been previously published on draft maps and as such were not eligible for consideration. Of the 46 eligible submissions received, 6 were requests to local authorities to amend zoning. A breakdown of this data by planning authority is presented in Table 2.

It should also be noted that some submissions may relate to more than one site.

With regard to submissions received outside of the notified timeline, this data is not held by my Department. Such information should be sought directly from the relevant planning authority.

Table 1: Draft Map Submissions

Table 2: Supplemental Map Submissions

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to explain the reason the scoping of the residential zoned land tax extended to the smallest towns and villages, where demand for housing is not prevalent, nor likely to exist in the near future, unlike the housing requirements necessitated by the spatial strategy utilised in the National Planning Framework that promotes the concentration of growth in the five major cities (Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford) and five of the larger towns (Letterkenny, Sligo, Athlone, Dundalk and Drogheda), wherein the greatest need for housing, both exists and is likely to continue. [34206/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Finance Act 2021 introduced Part, 22A Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT), into the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997. The RZLT is a land activation measure identified in Housing for All and is aimed at increasing housing supply by prompting residential development by landowners, of land that is zoned for residential or mixed-use (including residential) purposes in a development plan or local area plan, and that is serviced.

Development plans and local area plans are adopted by elected members following public consultation, and are considered to reflect the housing need for the city/county set out within the core strategy, across its range of settlements, over the period of the plan.

The zoning of land for particular purposes such as residential or mixed uses within a development plan to meet housing need is solely a matter for each local authority.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what percentage of lands ‘scoped-in’ on the residential zoned land tax-draft map are currently in active use by farmers, for farming, and not lying fallow. [34207/23]