Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion

9:00 am

Mr. Niall Cussen:

I have very little to add, except to say the Deputy has put his finger on it regarding the broader planning context or policy remit into which the LDA is designed to fit. We are again seeing patterns whereby people are perhaps struggling to obtain the houses they need at the rents or purchase price points they need close to where they are working. This is having a displacement effect to more outlying locations. The national planning framework is very clear on its vision for our major urban areas into the future, which is to have people living, working and having all the various opportunities that should be available in our cities. This is at the core of what the LDA is about.

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