Marian Harkin (Sligo-Leitrim, Independent)
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666. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown by local authority of projects currently underway under the auspices of the Land Development Agency; and the numerical breakdown of these projects with respect to the size of the settlement (details supplied). [14693/21]

Peter 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 is currently developing 10 sites across 7 local authorities which are all in urban centres with populations in excess of 10,000.  It has secured planning permission for 597 units at Shanganagh in conjunction with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council and has submitted a Strategic Housing Development application for the St. Kevin’s Hospital site in Cork City. The exact number of units on other sites will not be known until planning permission has been secured.

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.