Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Challenges Relating to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Mr. John Coleman:

I thank the Deputy for the questions. It is important to give context at the outset that the relationships we have with the State bodies that own land are generally very good and collaborative, particularly the ESB, with which we have a relationship on a number of fronts, including infrastructure but also lands it has transferred and facilitated us on. For instance, we have a planning application in Wilton in Cork for 350 homes. That is on land provided to us by the ESB. The general comment I would have on that is we have a good relationship with the ESB and with all State bodies. The reality is that, oftentimes, they would have mandates that are different from ours. They need land for legitimate uses that are non-housing. Sometimes there is a lateral tension between those mandates, and that is just a natural-----

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