Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 12 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. John Coleman:

We have always said to local authorities that we are not there to overlay an additional bureaucracy or red tape or add to delays. The value add we have had with local authorities to date, in particular with Shanganagh, is the most advanced but, in respect of other local authorities, it comes in many ways. For example, we are in discussions with Limerick City and County Council on the Colbert station area. The value add we are bringing there is that around that area there are HSE and local authority lands.