Written answers
Thursday, 11 March 2021
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Road Projects
Denise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein)
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77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected timeline for the beginning of construction on the Oscar Traynor Road site in north Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13631/21]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Both I and my Department are supportive of Dublin City Council’s (DCC) efforts to advance proposals for the Oscar Traynor Road site including funding the social homes and supporting the affordable purchase homes on the site through the Serviced Sites Fund (SSF). Officials in my Department are in ongoing engagement with the officials in the Council in this regard. However, as the Deputy is aware, ultimately it is a matter for the Council to bring forward agreed proposals and develop the site.
Exchequer funding is available from my Department through various programmes such as the Social Housing Investment Programme and SSF for any new or revised proposal, subject to submission of business cases, including design and cost plans, for review in line with the Public Spending Code and the Capital Works Management Framework.
DCC has highlighted that given the complexity and scale of the site it could take some time to develop a new agreed approach and timelines including construction commencement will not be known until that process is complete.
I am sure that the Deputy will agree that protracted delays in delivering housing on the site is a disservice to the community.
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