Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Update on Affordable Homes, Public Lands, Strategic Planning and Projects: Land Development Agency

Mr. John Coleman:

Exactly. It is the State's money, so we have to make sure things are going according to plan and that we do not put out more money than is already built into the scheme at any one point. It is quite a level of oversight, as necessary, when one considers that at the end of the year, we will have at least eight direct delivery sites up and running.

By the end of the year, we could have at least that number again in partnership delivery sites, all of which require monitoring and oversight. There could be 16 to 20 open sites towards the end of 2024 into 2025. That is a lot of construction to keep an eye on.