Government leaders agree to extend development levy waiver

Taoiseach Simon Harris (centre) with Tánaiste Micheál Martin (left) and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan. Picture: Brian Lawless

Government leaders have agreed to formally extend the development levy waiver, as part of efforts to reduce housebuilding costs.

At a meeting of the Cabinet committee on housing, the three Coalition leaders and the housing minister agreed that both the development levy and water connection charge will be scrapped for the remainder of the year.