Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Housing Commission report, which is devastating for the Government, called for a radical strategic reset of housing policy. In Limerick, a significant amount of land is in the control of the Land Development Agency. These are lands that could and should be used for the development of social and truly affordable housing that working families can access. In 2022 and 2023, the Land Development Agency failed to deliver a single home in Limerick. It has lots of plans and projects but will not deliver anything in the near future. I ask the Taoiseach to instruct the Land Development Agency to transfer some of these lands to Limerick City and County Council, which has been much more successful in delivering homes for those who need them in Limerick when provided with the funds needed. We cannot wait for the Land Development Agency while thousands of people in Limerick do not have a home. Will the Government release funding to Limerick City and County Council and instruct the Land Development Agency to give some of the State-owned land to the council so that it can start building the houses that are desperately needed? We need delivery and this is something the LDA is not providing.

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