Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 14 December 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Urban Regeneration: Discussion
Mr. Richard Shakespeare:
We have preliminary approval for, I think, €174 million over two concept areas that are north and south of the River Liffey. Due to the combined value of the projects north of the River Liffey being in excess of €100 million we must go through a completely new process with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The situation is less complicated on the southside. We have established a project team to deliver on the overall urban regeneration and development fund, URDF, scheme but there are individual project managers who are working, say, on Parnell Square at the moment. We are about to go to tender on the Victorian fruit and vegetable market. We are on site for a couple of pieces on the southside in term of the public realm. We are making progress but one of the biggies is to get over the hurdle of putting together a business case for the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform because the combined value of the projects is in excess of €100 million for the concept area on the north side of the Liffey. I hope that I have answered the question.
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