Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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647. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a technical working group within his Department assessing the methodology for transfer of State lands to the Land Development Agency; if so, when the working group was established; the persons on the group; the number of meetings it has held; and the date of each meeting. [14373/21]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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A technical working group was established and chaired by officials in my Department to consider the transfer of state lands to the Land Development Agency (LDA) in April 2019. The working group met on three occasions on the following dates –

- 16 April 2019

- 2 May 2019

- 20 June 2019

Membership of the working group consisted of officials from the following Departments/Bodies:

1. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

2. Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

3. Department of An Taoiseach

4. Office of Public Works

5. NewERA

6. Land Development Agency

The composition of the representation in attendance from each Department/ Body varied for each meeting depending on the matters being considered.