Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The 100,000 homes delivered in the lifetime of the Government have been welcome. In areas where viability is an issue, it is important that we have public housing on public land, in particular in cities. It is welcome that there are almost 2,500 houses in design and construction on many sites in my constituency alone. I am worried about one site in particular, which is the old Ballymun shopping centre site. It is a site that will need both housing and retail. Dublin City Council has gone out twice for expressions of interest and has not been able to find a partner. It is an ideal site for the Land Development Agency and Dublin City Council to come together. That is why I voted for the LDA when many others in this House did not. I ask the Taoiseach to intervene at the next Cabinet sub-committee meeting and ask both agencies, that appear willing, to come together and put a plan together for this site.

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