The extension of Luas from St Stephens Green to Broombridge is on target to be completed by the end of 2017. Dublin City Council is proposing to introduce a Development Levy for the Luas which will increase the cost of desperately needed housing development in Dublin Central. This means if approved by City Councillors Dublin City Council…
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Minister should refund €19 million to Dubliners
It is scandalous that property owners in Dublin have been forced to pay millions of euro for the proposed Metro North rail project even though the project has not gone ahead. Since 2007 property owners within 1km of the proposed Metro North from St Stephens Green to Dublin Airport have been forced to pay more…
Metro North illegal Levy ?
At this yesterday evenings monthly meeting of Dublin City Council I requested an opinion from the Law Officer on whether Dublin City Council is acting legally by continuing to collect Section 49 Development Levys for the Metro North Project. I was alarmed to learn that the City Manager had not already sought legal advice on…
Cancel Metro North Levy
I have renewed my call to Dublin City Council to suspend the Metro North Development Contribution Scheme that compels property owners along the previously proposed Metro North route to pay €1000’s in additional levies for a project that is not going ahead. The scheme needs to be suspended because it is bad practice for Dublin…
Development should be supported
The Governments decision in November of 2011 to cut the capital budget by €750m in 2012 was a devastating blow to our economic recovery. One of the projects that was directly affected by the Governments decision was Metro North. At the time the Government indicated that the Metro North underground service to Dublin Airport would…
Development should be supported
The Governments decision in November of 2011 to cut the capital budget by €750m in 2012 was a devastating blow to our economic recovery. One of the projects that was directly affected by the Governments decision was Metro North. At the time the Government indicated that the Metro North underground service to Dublin Airport would…
Dublin City Budget
At the Dublin City Council meeting dealing with the 2012 Estimates I made the following statement as leader of the Fianna Fail Group. Fianna Fail group believes it would be irresponsible of us to vote for these estimates: 1. We are not opposed to the principle of competition for the bin service however we…
Dublin City Budget
At the Dublin City Council meeting dealing with the 2012 Estimates I made the following statement as leader of the Fianna Fail Group. Fianna Fail group believes it would be irresponsible of us to vote for these estimates: 1. We are not opposed to the principle of competition for the bin service however we…