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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: But is it not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----the responsibility of the State to provide public land for 350,000-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I apologise. I had to pop out to speak in the Chamber. I emphasise one point to Mr. Coleman. When he spoke about Dundrum, he referred to the comparison between it being sold privately where there would only be 10% Part V and the LDA model which is 40%. However, that is not really an appropriate comparison because it is public land. The real comparison should be between the utilisation of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for taking the time to come in. I appreciate they are operating within Government policy so while, in the privacy of their own offices, they might have their own views on some of the issues we are about to discuss, I accept they are constrained by that Government policy. To put in context the concerns of some of us, one of the reasons many members of this committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Some of us are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their answers. While many of us are supportive of the Land Development Agency, LDA, as a strategic land management agency that moves around public land, the part of its function around residential housing development concerns us. That is partly because some of us take the side of councils, in that they would be better placed to be given the power and money to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Is it a single rent or bands of rents?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a question on the value for money exercise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is a technical question as much to understand the logic of the value for money exercise as it is the Shanganagh site. The witnesses have to go through cost approvals on regular projects with a value for money exercise on anything over €20 million, then have to go out to the market, tender, and allow the market to set the prices for the build. It seems like the value for money...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: So it does not add extra time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Can Ms Keenan go to stage one approval of an application with the Department while value for money is being considered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: But Ms Keenan cannot start the approval process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Can Ms Keenan start the stage one approval process while the NDFA is still doing the value for money exercise?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Appropriate Use of Public Land: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: Could Ms Keenan go to the Department and say she would like to initiate the stage one approval process for the project?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of the funding for a new school building for a school (details supplied); and the timeframe for commencement and completion of the capital project. [42830/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (18 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the reason capital funding for a school (details suplied) was provided before another school. [42831/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (18 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address matters (details supplied) regarding the ending of a direct provision contract. [43131/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Strategic Development Zones (18 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 345. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the provision of affordable housing on the Poolbeg SDZ site; the steps he will take in terms of funding and schemes to ensure the delivery of the affordable housing as approved by Dublin City Council; and if there is a timeframe for the commencement and completion of the affordable homes on the site. [43081/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (23 Oct 2018)

Eoin Ó Broin: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the funding for the development of a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the point at which the application is at; and the timeline for the release of funding for the project. [43259/18]