Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I see that in 2018 the Housing Agency held 243 ha of residential development land in 72 locations. The land was transferred to the agency from local authorities under the land aggregation scheme in operation from 2013. That seems to be a lot of land. Being a farmer, I know what a hectare of land is and it seems to be a lot of land to have lying idle, from what I am reading between the lines. I read that the witnesses are doing something with various sites. With the crisis we face, the agency is sitting on a lot of land. I would like an explanation as to why that land is not being utilised or built on as soon as possible?