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THE GOVERNMENT’S NEW plan for social housing will speed up building projects, forcing developers to “use it or lose it” when it comes to planning permission.
The announcement today stated that the Planning No. 1 Bill would:
[Enable] planning authorities to modify the duration of planning permissions where developments of scale do not commence in line with the development schedule indicated in relevant planning applications.
In other words, a “use it or lose it” approach.
The legislation would also force developers to provide up to 10% of their housing units for social housing, and impose fines for leaving a site vacant.
The new “vacant site levy” would allow local authorities in towns and cities with a population above 3,000 to fine property owners 3% of the market value of a site, if they leave it vacant or underused.
Environment Minister Alan Kelly, who has cabinet responsibility for housing, announced the planned legislation today, saying:
While I recognise these provisions will create challenges for builders, I am anxious to work with the construction industry to develop new funding models in order to deliver this housing.
His department estimates that the new measures will provide 4,000 new social housing units over the next five years.
Today’s announcement is part of the government’s Construction 2020 Strategy, which plans to triple housing output in Ireland, and create 60,000 new construction jobs, by 2020.
Minister for Business and Employment, Ged Nash, said that the reforms should mean a boost for employment in the construction sector.
He said:
“Unfortunately, owning a home is out of reach for many low and middle income earners. I believe the measures outlined today will assist in increasing the housing supply particularly to low income families and also may go some way to addressing the housing rent increases that we have seen in many places, particularly our cities.”
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Good. She was a tarot card reader ffs.
Judge should have thrown it out when he heard that fact.
@bopter: yeah she lost me at tarot cards!!
@Deborah Behan: what about the whole “we need to trust women”.
Bet she didn’t see this coming
I’m delighted with this result. I was following the story a bit and could tell she was just a chancer. Lolol back to the card readings for you
She must have brought fairly strong evidence to get an exhumation in the first place!!..So the state retains his fortune!
I’d say that they took the opportunity to get his DNA sampled and mapped for any further cases like this which could be blown away a lot quicker.
Ah sure, it was worth a shot. She deserves a consolation prize, give her the the lobster telephone.
I wish that they had not disturbed Dad.
@Fiona deFreyne: Lol
Surreal!
Daaaaaaannnnggggg!! Who’s the Spanish Jerry Springer?
@Pat O’Brien: Geraldo Primavera
@Pat O’Brien:
Espringer Espanyol
The Jon Snow of Spain
@Oisín O’Connor: PMSL!!
@Oisín O’Connor: Wouldn’t that be Sand?
So she lied?
@Shawn O’Ceallaghan: maybe her mother lied to her grandmother and it got out of hand.
@Deborah Behan: stile a gold digger.
No doubt she has engendered a lucrative increase in business as a result of the publicity surrounding the story.
@Emmet Dillane:
I suspect her clientele will be taking their business elsewhere after this
I knew it wasn’t true. I read it in her tea leaves.
There was only supposed to be one in every pack!
Pure Dali theater .he would come out of his grave for this one .
What a beautiful bit of Surrealist performance art.
She might still appeal..if she has an ace up her sleeve
She does look a lot like him though
@Cathal Mac Einri: I thought she was the head off him!!
@Cathal Mac Einri: Similar moustaches…???
If she was an artist, well maybe, but con-artist doesn’t count?
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