383. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when Part V will be amended to include housing for people with disabilities on local authority housing lists and private home buyers. [18184/26]

The purpose of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 is for the State to capture a portion of the increase in land value resulting from the granting of planning permission for residential development on any land that is zoned as residential (either exclusively or mixed use), or is granted planning permission for houses as a material contravention of the development plan.

The Part V legislation provides for local authorities to acquire up to 20% of this land at existing use value and to use it to deliver homes to those households who qualify for social and affordable housing support. The Part V mechanism is intended to achieve integrated development by facilitating a mix of a tenure types - social, affordable and cost rental housing.

The Ministerial Guidelines on Part V issued to local authorities under section 28 of the 2000 Act, emphasise the need for consultation with developers regarding the delivery of appropriate properties, including for people with disabilities, at the earliest stage possible, preferably in advance of planning. This early consultation allows local authorities to consider the need, and the likely future need, for housing for persons who have different levels of income, as well as the need to ensure that a mixture of house types and sizes is developed to reasonably match the requirements of the different categories of households, including people with disabilities, as may be determined by the local authority.

There are a range of funding programmes available to local authorities to support achieving such a mix of property types in the context of Part V. However, neither I or my Department have a role in the process of the local authority reaching an agreement with a developer.