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Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017)

Shane Cassells: ...in his opening statement. He began by talking about housing so I will start there as well if that is okay. Chapter 5 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's 2015 report relates to progress on land aggregation. In layman's terms, it sets out the progress that is being made with the construction of homes on 73 sites, across 610 acres, that are now in the ownership of the State centrally...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017)

Shane Cassells: Okay. Will we see council estates constructed on the landbanks that are now under the remit of the Department, having been acquired under the land aggregation scheme? How will the landbanks be progressed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017)

Shane Cassells: It has. The funny thing about it is - this is an issue for all Deputies - that there is no abundance of publicly-owned lands within councils. That is one of the biggest problems. In County Meath, that is the only piece of land of a substantial nature that is in public ownership for social housing in a county of 180,000 people. That 28 acres is the only piece of publicly-owned land in a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017)

Shane Cassells: The agency is recording these lands as an asset. There are 610 acres.

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017)

Shane Cassells: I know Deputy Connolly wants to get in. Mr. McCarthy mentioned that in 2017 the Department hopes to progress land acquisition and land banks for councils. What are the criteria of suitability? I refer again to the 28 acres that Meath County Council owns, which is land locked. The council bought 28 acres for €22 million and it is landlocked. In terms of accessing that land, a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2015 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Environment, Community and Local Government (2 Mar 2017)

Shane Cassells: ...as a reality for sustainable communities? There is an area in my town of Navan called Johnstown where there are 3,000 homes and no facilities. It is a result of planners and councillors zoning land banks 20 years ago with no facilities whatsoever. That area of the town has a bigger population than the town of Trim. What help is there? It is a massive issue at the moment and it has...

Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network (30 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: ...to play. I referred earlier to how the plans would see two stations located in the town, with the final terminal in north Navan. Only a stone's throw away from that station, there is a parcel of land of 51 acres to which a ministerial SDZ, zoning order is attached. The latter is the reason the north Navan station was going built in that part of the town. This SDZ, or strategic...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Nov 2016)

Shane Cassells: ...and Local Government if he will examine with other Departments the wider infrastructural, transport and social needs of towns that have been assigned SDZ housing scheme status on extensive land banks in view of the demand on services and infrastructure that would arise in the designated towns from such extensive housing schemes outside of the narrow scope of the particular zoned lands....

Public Accounts Committee: Work Programme (7 Jul 2016)

Shane Cassells: ...under a separate budget distinct from the revenue stream. Housing schemes are about to become the subject of a strong focus because they will soon be delivered very rapidly, including in terms of land acquisition. I note the number of Departments and agencies, including the Housing Agency, which the Comptroller and Auditor General audits. In recent years, bad debts of tens of millions...

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Shane Cassells: ...Mick Wallace speak very knowledgeably about this issue, I agree with much of what he said on the subject. There is no doubt that the lack of supply caused by the absence of construction has allowed unscrupulous landlords to exploit people in receipt of rent supplement as well as those who earn a good wage but find themselves paying exorbitant rents because the market has given those in...

Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Shane Cassells: ...and feel thwarted by the system and the way it is currently structured. Local authorities need to see that process move more quickly to see projects come on stream. The Minister referred to landbanks in his speech earlier. In our case, in County Meath, there is quite a significant landbank in the ownership of the local authority. In my town of Navan we have 28 acres of prime land...