New powers to transfer local authority land to the Land Development Agency have been condemned by a vote of Dublin city councillors.
During a special meeting on new legislation for the LDA, councillors criticised the move as a loss of local democracy.
Many councillors said this could lead to sites like Oscar Traynor Road being used for private housing despite the latest vote of councillors.
The bill will allow the Government to transfer land owned by State companies like HSE and CIE to the LDA which was set up to build 150,000 homes.
Local authority land could also be transferred to the LDA without the vote of councillors.
There were eight different motions debated at the meeting with Sinn Féin and People Before Profit opposing the bill in its entirety, while the Green Party, Labour, Social Democrats and Independents criticised the loss of councillors' control over the disposal of local authority land.
Fianna Fáil's motion welcomed the LDA bill but expressed concern about councillors' loss of powers while only Fine Gael supported the whole bill.
All motions except the Fine Gael motion were passed.
Sinn Féin Cllr Daithí Doolan said because the LDA will have to pay market value for state owned land and use private financing this will negate its ability to provide social and affordable housing.
Cllr Tina McVeigh (People Before Profit) said the bill amounted to a "heist" and the privatisation of public land.
Cllr Cieran Perry (Independent) said Government may regard councillors as an inconvenience but "we are the democratically elected representatives of our communities".
Labour Cllr Dermot Lacey said the bill amounted to a "land grab and power grab" that repeated a 20 year pattern of weakening local government.
However Cllr James Geoghegan (Fine Gael) said the LDA had 4,000 homes under construction or in planning including 100% public housing on public land at Shanganagh in south Dublin.
He said the loss of councillors' powers had arisen because of the belief they would not make good on their commitment as happened with the Oscar Traynor Road site.
Councillors had originally agreed that the 853 planned homes on the site would be 50% private when they voted in 2017 but more recently voted to reject a deal with a developer and specify that the housing be 100% social and affordable.
Fianna Fáil also welcomed the LDA bill and Cllr Deirdre Heney (FF) said contrary to what some claim the agency will be fast tracking public housing on public land.
However the Fianna Fáil motion expressed concern at the removal of powers from local councillors.
