The change sees builders able to develop new wastewater treatment facilities in collaboration with Uisce Éireann for smaller housing developments of up to 40 homes

The Dáil’s housing committee was told the country was on course to have just over 30,000 new builds by the end of the year.

Paschal Donohoe said such tax reliefs harmed housing delivery in Ireland for many years.

Developer Hugh Kavanagh says a failure of his former business partner and brother Greg Kavanagh to comply with a settlement agreement which saw them go their separate ways has led to a repossession application for his family home