Ms Oonagh McPhillips:

The land has been revalued in recent months on foot on the Comptroller and Auditor General's advice in the 2020 report. In the 2021 appropriation account, which has just been finalised, the land will be reflected at the current valuation of €6.5 million.

The Deputy asked if this has been flagged to other State agencies. At various times in the past five or six years, we have had discussions with Fingal County Council, IDA Ireland and, since its establishment, the Land Development Agency on a number of occasions. There is interest in it but we regard it as a strategic State asset. As the Deputy said, it is fully serviced and quite close to Dublin Airport. We definitely have a strategic interest in a portion of the site from a criminal justice perspective but we would be open to discussions on the rest of the site. We have signalled that to the relevant agencies. The Land Development Agency, in particular, is keeping it as an option. I will yield to the experts on this, and their view is it would not be suitable for housing but it may be suitable for decanting other strategic infrastructure from other areas. They are keeping that under review but it is more of a long-term consideration.