THE KENNY REPORT, 1974
May 15th, 2009 by Conor McCabe
The Kenny Report, the official title of which is “COMMITTEE ON THE PRICE OF BUILDING LAND, REPORT TO THE MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ROBERT MOLLOY, CHAIRMAN MR. JUSTICE J. KENNY (DUBLIN,1974), was begun in 1971 and finally published in 1974. Its findings have never been implemented
Its recommendations formed part of the Green Party’s pre-election manifesto. And even though John Gormley is the Minister in charge of local government, and land reform, there has been absolutely no sign of the Greens pushing this in any form or fashion.
The fact that the report called for the effective end to land speculation is the main reason why it has been ignored by every political party in government.
At present, the report is out of print. It can be downloaded here.
Alternatively, it can be read below.
Enjoy.
Now, that’s what I call public service. Slight suggestion. Should you change the title of the post to include the Kenny Report so that it appears on the top of a google search?
i managed to get a look at an on-line version of this report. but I cannot download or save a copy from anywhere. would you be able to help. I contacted the webmaster in the oireachtas site and was given a link but it does not work. thanks
Charles, the link to the pdf version is above. Right-click on the part that says “here” in “download here”.