Submission on Property Rights
Monday, July 28, 2003
In addition to the written submission linked to below, a delegation from the Council of the Institure made an oral presentation on Tuesday 22nd July 2003. The presentation was followed by a cross examination by the Committee on the ideas set out in the submission. Scheduled for a half hour slot, the presentation and examination took an hour and a half in all.
The delegation from council consisted of Ms Louise McGauran, Vice-President, Ms Rachel Kenny, immediate Past-President, Mr Philip Jones,Hon Secretary & Past-President, and Mr Ciarán M.Tracey, Past-President.
Ms. McGauran introduced the delegation and the Institute to the members of the committee.
Mr. Tracey dealt with issues relating to the first proposal i.e. the separation of ownership rights from development rights.
Mr. Jones batted the questions in relation to the suggested Development Land tax.
Ms. Kenny, appropriately, fielded the questions relating to state ownership of newly zoned lands, which referred heavily to the “Kenny Report”
The form of the submission was set out to correspond with the headings used by the committee itself when it extended its invitation to interested parties and bodies to make submissions.