Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 October 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion

9:00 am

Mr. Brian Geaney:

Regarding the overall debt on the land, the majority of the land was purchased by compulsory purchase order and the value was set through the independent arbitration process. In terms of the scheme progressing, our approach to date has been to deliver the enabling works and have the scheme publicly advertised. Once the master planning process is completed, we will determine what can be done with the debt. It is a major challenge to the council. I refer to the overall debt for a project that might deliver 600 homes.