Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 December 2023

Public Accounts Committee

Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage - Programme A - Housing
Financial Statements 2022 - The Housing Agency
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 11 - Utilisation of the Land Aggregation Scheme Sites

9:30 am

Photo of Marc Ó CathasaighMarc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)
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The phrase here is that local authorities could only transfer a land that had a reasonable residential development potential. I will begin with that because it is a very hazy phrase. Can the witnesses give me more detail on the metrics?

First, the Department approved or rejected the inclusion of sites into the LAGS. How many were rejected? How many did we buy and how many did we say “No” to? The answer to that will perhaps inform my question about metrics.