Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Implementing Housing for All: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Kevin Kelly:

We have not dealt directly with the Land Development Agency. We were looking at one particular site, an unfinished estate in Castlebar, but we did not engage directly with the agency. We went through another route. We engaged directly with the Department to bring those units back into use. That site is particularly complex. My understanding of the LDA is that its focus is mainly on larger urban areas and the cities. We did not perceive a need to engage with the LDA on the site I mentioned. We are pursuing this site ourselves-----