Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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I thank the LDA for coming in and Mr. Coleman for his opening statement and reports on its work.

First, the issue of the creation of sustainable communities was discussed quite a bit, as was the environmental aspect of it, which is very important. There are other parts of sustainable communities such as community facilities, infrastructure, amenities, schools, etc. For quite some time, in large new planned areas, an important part of that planning process has been the reserving of school sites. Until the Department of Education confirms that a site will not be needed for a school, generally, that is respected within the planning process. Can the Land Development Agency, in terms of any areas it acquires, give us a commitment that it will also respect those school reservation sites and that it will not seek to build on them unless there has been confirmation from the Department of Education that the site will not be required for a school?