Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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1081.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full cost to the Exchequer of the development levy and water connection waiver in 2023; and the estimated full cost of the waiver in 2024. [31963/24]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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On 25 April 2023, the Government approved additional measures under the Housing for All Action Plan to incentivise the activation of increased housing supply and help reduce housing construction costs, including the introduction of temporary time-limited arrangements for the waiving of local authority “section 48” development contributions and the refunding of Uisce éireann water and waste water connection charges.

The schemes originally applied for 1 year to all permitted residential development that commenced on site between 25 April 2023 (the date of the Government Decision approving the measure) and 24 April 2024, and is completed not later than 31 December 2025. On 23 April 2024, the Government approved an extension for the waiving of local authority “section 48” development contributions in respect of residential development commenced up to 31 December 2024 and the refunding of Uisce éireann water and waste water connection charges in respect of residential development commenced up to 30 September 2024.

€2,074,887 was paid by the Exchequer on the Uisce éireann connection charge refund scheme in 2023. There were initial delays in commencing the scheme which is demand-led, and Uisce éireann can pay claims only on receipt of valid applications from Developers. The total cost of the scheme (as extended by Government to end 2024) is projected to be €249.7m if full take-up materialises.

€54,488,969 was paid by the Exchequer on the “section 48” development contributions in 2023. The cost to the Exchequer for 2024 is estimated to be €197m, with some 2024 claims expected to be submitted in early 2025.