Seán Canney (Galway East, Independent)
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144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options local authorities have in implementing Part V planning in terms of accepting payment in lieu of houses and accepting houses in another location which would be more beneficial to the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30249/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The purpose of Part V is for the State to capture a portion of the increase in land value resulting from the granting of planning permission for residential development. The current Part V legislation provides for local authorities to acquire up to 20% of this land at existing use value and to use it to deliver homes to those households who qualify for social and affordable housing support.

Part V also allows the local authority to avail of other options to satisfy the Part V requirement as an alternative to the transfer of land including:

i) the transfer of completed housing units on the land subject to the application;

ii) the transfer of completed housing units on other land within the functional area of the local authority;

iii) the grant of a lease of houses on the land subject to the application, or on any other land within the functional area of the local authority; or

iv) any combination of the aforementioned options.

The option for developers to satisfy the Part V requirement by means of a cash payment to local authorities is no longer available having been abolished under previous amendments to Part V in 2015.

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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145. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he has taken to improve the provision of affordable housing since July 2020; his assessment of the impact of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30296/24]