Councillors 'cannot support' Government's proposed Land Development Agency bill 

Councillors fear their role in local planning could be eroded by the bill

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien said the bill is 'not an attack on local government at all' and that he believes local government will be the main driver of public housing in the future. Picture: Stephen Collins /Collins Photos Dublin

Councillors cannot support the Government's proposed Land Development Agency bill as it is currently written, a representative group will tell an Oireachtas committee on Tuesday.

The joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage will meet to discuss the bill, which will put the LDA on a legislative footing, but parts of it have been dubbed "dangerously undemocratic". Under the bill, councils will be able to transfer State lands to the LDA without a vote from councillors.