Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 20 January 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate

Mr. John Coleman:

Those lands were identified for transfer to the Land Development Agency and they are at various stages of negotiation and advancement. The East Wall Road site is currently owned by Dublin Port, and I should say Dublin Port has been working in a collaborative way in the transfer and making available of land there. That could yield approximately 200 homes, depending on how the development plan goes. At the St. Bricin's site at Arbour Hill, there will be in or around 400 homes, although there is complexity there because it is likely there will be protected structures designated on the site. It does not comprise all of the Arbour Hill site; it comprises the car park to the west.

The Senator also mentioned the Broadstone site, which is more complex. There are many elements to tease out there still because of the operational importance to Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus of the site now. There is a large degree of complexity there. It could yield in or around 1,000 homes or possibly more in the location, depending on how things evolve with the current operational uses. We are in consultation with the Government and those land-owning bodies now. I do not foresee a position where we sell those to the market. Our focus is clearly on social and affordable homes and I am happy to confirm all that.

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