Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 April 2024
90. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the value of the development levies waived to date under the terms of the development contributions waiver scheme since the scheme’s inception in relation to Louth County Council and Meath County Council; if he will provide the figures separately for those local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18350/24]
View answerOn 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 commences 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. The Government has approved an extension for the waiving of local authority “section 48” development contributions to the end of this year and the refunding of Uisce Éireann water and waste water connection charges to the beginning of October. My Department will be notifying local authorities on the detailed arrangements shortly.
Under the scheme, local authorities are invited to submit a monthly claim form to the Department in respect of the cumulative development contribution waivers approved by them in the previous month.
The information requested in respect of the payments made to Louth County Council and Meath County Council up to the end of March 2024 under the Development Contribution Waiver Scheme is provided in the table below. This table also includes detail of the claims on hand which will be paid shortly following their review.
|
Local Authority |
Total Claims Paid |
Claims on hand awaiting payment |
|
Louth |
€6,317,089.99 |
€969,800.22 |
|
Meath |
€5,674,970.20 |
€646,770.50 |
