Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 September 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Affordable Housing: Discussion
2:00 am
Maria McCormack (Sinn Fein)
Okay, that is fine. Mr. Coleman was in here in June and that was fantastic but with the LDA, when you are outside of Dublin or a big city, we are left behind. I read Mr. Coleman's opening statement. I know the LDA has not been able to focus on rural communities yet but I loved that when we got past all the progress in all the big cities and got to the last lines, it was stated: "The Government has... recently announced an expanded remit for the LDA... [for] the provision of active land management... [in] a greater geographical area." I ask Mr. Coleman to tell me about this, about the constraints, or the possible timelines when rural communities like Laois might benefit.
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