Developers using fast-track housing scheme to raise value of their land, Dáil hears

A scheme aimed at fast-tracking house building is being used by developers to increase the market value of their land, the Dáil has heard.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has hit out at the Government's Strategic housing development scheme claiming construction has not started on two-thirds of the developments granted planning permission under the fast-track system.