Land Development Agency Bill under scrutiny

Darragh O'Brien has defended the scheme which, he said, has strengthened provisions included in a previous version of the legislation

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien has defended the Land Development Agency Bill. File Picture.

The Minister for Housing has been accused of trying to "flog a Fine Gael car with a lick of paint but the same dodgy engine" with his Land Development Agency Bill.

Darragh O'Brien, however, called the bill "a State stepping up to the mark".