Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 16 September 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of the Tailte Éireann Bill 2020: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Ms Mary Hurley:

Perhaps I can come in on that. The Deputy raises an excellent point in relation to land management. One service that Tailte Éireann will be able to provide in a more effective way because of the synergies that can arise from the three coming together is the provision of land information to bodies like the Land Development Agency, LDA, gathering information from many of the State landowners such as the Office of Public Works, OPW, around the country. Huge work has been done in this area to date. However, this will enable further mapping, further data management and further synergies to be arrived at. There will be quite a lot of engagement. The proposal is that there will be significant engagement with the LDA, which obviously has a big role in Housing For All on the delivery of social, affordable and private housing over the over future years. The Deputy asks an excellent question. I believe that this entity will support further the work that has been done in terms of land management, mapping and the future delivery of housing.