Written answers

Wednesday, 17 February 2021

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Land Development Agency

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a copy of all minutes of meetings of the board of the Land Development Agency since January 2020. [8451/21]

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The publication of Board meeting minutes is a matter for the Land Development Agency (LDA) Board.

The LDA have advised my Department that Board meeting minutes are to be published on the LDA website - www.lda.ie- after a period of six months following the relevant meeting. Direct requests to the LDA for more recent board meeting minutes, in advance of their online publication, may be facilitated subject to commercial sensitivity and the application of the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.

As with all State bodies operating under the aegis of my Department, arrangements have been put in place by the LDA through which Oireachtas members can request information directly from the Agency in relation to operational matters - in this regard, the LDA may be contacted directly at oireachtas@lda.ie.

Photo of Eoin Ó BroinEoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Land Development Agency has completed an assessment of the suitability of the State-owned site at Thornton Hall, Kilsallaghan, County Dublin for housing; if so, if it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8469/21]

Photo of Peter BurkePeter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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The Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018, by way of an Establishment Order made under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971, pending the enactment of primary legislation when it will be established as a commercial State agency.

The LDA have informed my Department that they are currently engaging with the Irish Prison Service in relation to the site at Thornton Hall. An engineering and capacity survey has been carried out by the LDA. However, as the requirements for the Thornton Hall site are currently under deliberation, the LDA do not plan to release this report at this time.

As with all State bodies operating under the aegis of my Department, arrangements have been put in place by the LDA through which Oireachtas members can request information directly from the Agency in relation to operational matters - in this regard, the LDA may be contacted directly at oireachtas@lda.ie.

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