Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 September 2021
279. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all persons and organisation who lobbied him, his predecessors or his officials seeking an exemption from the 20% Part V provision of social and affordable homes for landowners who purchased their land between 2015 and 2021. [44769/21]
View answerAmendments to Part V of the Planning & Development Act 2000 were introduced via the Affordable Housing Act 2021, which was passed by the Oireachtas in July 2021. These amendments were made on foot of the commitment in the Programme for Government to explore expanding Part V to encompass affordable purchase and cost rental units.
In the course of determining what amendments should be made, the Housing Agency was asked to review the feasibility of increasing the Part V obligation and that Review was received at the end of December 2020.
The advice of the Agency and of my Department was taken on board in the formulation of the final legislative amendments to Part V which were contained in the Affordable Housing Act 2021, passed in July 2021.
As the decision was based on the above advice, there is no list that applies. Subsequent representations made through submissions on Housing for All were received after the decision on the amendments had already been made and these are available on my Departments website at www.gov.ie/en/publication/58d90-housing-for-all-submissions/.
