Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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409. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of land plots and-or sites that local authorities have purchased in the past 20 years that were bought with the intended use of housing provision that his Department has determined as not suitable for same by local authority, location in the local authority, initial cost at purchase and most recent market valuation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44642/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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While my Department does not collate the information sought, individual local authorities and the Housing Agency will have details of all lands they own, including information on costs and valuations.

Details of all local authority housing lands are available on the Rebuilding Ireland Housing Land Map at the following link: . Local authorities and the Housing Agency are finalising Strategic Development and Management Plans for these sites at present.  When all the plans have been reviewed and finalised, they will be made available publicly, both on the dedicated Rebuilding Ireland website as well as on the website of the relevant local authority.

Local authorities and the Housing Agency are in the first instance responsible for the active management of their land bank for housing delivery purposes. My Department continues to work with local authorities and the Agency as they bring forward proposals for social housing and mixed-tenure housing on their sites, with a view to delivering the optimum housing mix from all sites as quickly as possible.  This process will be informed further by the Strategic Development and Management Plans, with projects and proposals developing and evolving over time.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the locations of the sites submitted by all local authorities that were excluded due to their unsuitability to be included on the Rebuilding Ireland housing land map, by local authority and site location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44643/17]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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A key objective of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is to increase the supply of high quality social housing and homes at more affordable price points on local authority and housing agency lands as quickly as possible, particularly in areas where demand is greatest.

To this end, on 27 April 2017, details of some 1,700 hectares of land in local authority and Housing Agency ownership, with the potential to deliver some 42,500 homes nationally, were published on the Rebuilding Ireland Housing Land Map.  The map and data can be accessed at .

The map was prepared using data provided by local authorities and the Housing Agency which reflected the position at the time the material was collected in 2015 and 2016.  Local authorities are now preparing strategic development plans for their sites. As part of this exercise, they have been requested to review, and update as appropriate, the mapping data relating to the sites owned by their authority, carry out a review of the data on a quarterly basis and to ensure an appropriate officer has been nominated to update and maintain the data.