Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Vacancy and Dereliction: Discussion
2:00 am
James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
I will continue my line of questioning to my former Dublin City Council colleagues, Mr. Flynn and Mr. Mitchell. It is great to hear that there are some brilliant things happening Dublin-wide. There was an attempt to divide and conquer and the officials very clearly outlined the projects that are coming. Another project that could bring the communities together would be an extension of the Luas to Ringsend, which is not within Dublin City Council's domain but that of the NTA. I am sure Senator Andrews would support that initiative as well. Really what I want to focus on is the project in Middle Abbey Street and North Frederick Street. Could we have an outline of what is planned there? As I understand it, and as the officials have explained today and previously, this is the model. This is going to be the key outworkings of the Dublin city task force's goals of getting people living in the city, getting key workers living in the city and building areas that require rejuvenation back up street by street. Can we have an outline of how that project is going to work, how key workers will get access to these homes and the quantities we are talking about?
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