Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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I would make the point, that was the old mental hospital building. One half of it is kitted out and people are living there. The building is there for the other half. St. Kevin's is right beside it. When you look at the scale and the cost of developing a site, the LDA should consider looking at that site. That site is on the derelict sites register. It should be purchased with a compulsory purchase order, CPO, and turned into social and affordable or cost-rental housing. I ask the LDA to look at it.

I will return to the docklands in Cork that we discussed earlier. One of the main components needed to open the docklands is the Tivoli bridge. The Tivoli docks site does not seem to be progressing. Mr. Coleman spoke about Horgan's Quay, but if we want to deliver the scale of social and affordable housing required, we need to get the bridge in and we need to open up Tivoli and Horgan's Quay. Is there any update on where we are with the Tivoli docks and the bridge to open up those developments?