Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the sale of a piece of land (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5946/18]

Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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The piece of land referred to is State Owned Foreshore reclaimed without consent and occupied by the persons named for many years. My Department has been making every effort to ascertain when and by whom the area in question was reclaimed. 

Correspondence dated 26 January 2018 was received from the legal advisor to the persons named, offering to purchase the area. However, no agreement has yet been reached to sell this area of foreshore. Ultimately that is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to determine.

My Department continues to try to establish the full facts of the case to determine the appropriate next steps. These steps may or may not include recommending to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform that the area in question should be sold to the persons named.