Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency

Mr. John Coleman:

We would have an appetite for considering it. We work extensively with Dublin City Council. It is one of our top partners and we have a strong relationship with it. We are on a number of its sites, essentially as a service provider driving on their development. We had a good relationship with the old chief executive but also with Mr. Richard Shakespeare, for which we are grateful. We have advanced to the planning stage a significant number of sites that had lain for years without anything being done on them. Like everyone else, we have a limited capacity, but we have devoted our energies into the likes of Cherry Orchard, Cromcastle and St. Teresa’s Gardens. With the local authority, we are examining other sites with a view to bringing them forward. However, we have not been able to consider the Ballymun site yet. It might be more complex in some respects than some of the others on which we are ready to move, but we are prepared to have another look at the sites the Deputy referenced. The more we can do with the council, the better.

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