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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12 and 13 together. As a key partner in the Government's delivery of affordable and social homes, the Land Development Agency is activating and securing the delivery of social and affordable homes in stalled planning consented developments, managing the State's own lands to develop new homes and partnering with local authorities to unlock delivery at scale...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Robert Troy: I thank the Minister of State for the reply, but it is extremely disappointing, to be frank. The LDA was announced in 2018. As part of that announcement, Columb Barracks in Mullingar was on the initial list of sites to be developed. As the Minister of State has referenced himself, almost 100 houses could be provided there. On Tuesday, 29 September 2020, I, along with the then Minister...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Connolly: We are over time.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Robert Troy: -----we are no wiser about the development of this iconic site in Mullingar.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Deputy-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Robert Troy: Frankly, we need something better and more concrete, so I can-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Deputy, we are way over time.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Robert Troy: -----go back to my constituents in relation to Columb Barracks in Mullingar.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: Hear, hear.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Are you going to give up the second minute, which I hope to make up?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Robert Troy: No.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Well, try to stick within the times.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Robert Troy: If other speakers stuck within their times, I would not be condensed.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Eoin Ó Broin: Hear, hear.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Catherine Connolly: Please, I am asking for your co-operation.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Robert Troy: You could get co-operation from others.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: The Deputy will appreciate that there are several complexities around the site, particularly in relation to the protected structures that are located on the front of the Columb Barracks site, which may be suitable for cultural and heritage use. I know the Deputy had discussions about this already during the tour he had. It is hugely important for the town of Mullingar that the potential for...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Robert Troy: Once upon a time, in its heyday, this site housed 330 men. I always said that when the temporary protection applicants moved in there, we should have done up the old buildings and housed them there. We should have utilised the buildings, rather than putting modular units in the square. That did not happen, unfortunately. It did not happen because we did not have a plan in place, and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Malcolm Noonan: Again, I appreciate the concerns that have been raised by the Deputy. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, has given a commitment to meet with the LDA and interested parties to try to progress this. The Deputy will appreciate that it is not just a simple matter. These are heritage structures and require a conservation plan and a conservational approach to the restoration. It is not...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Heritage Sites (11 Apr 2024)
Question No. 14 taken with Written Answers.