Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of housing by the Land Development Agency in Cork. [55193/21]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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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. The Land Development Agency Act was recently signed in law and, on commencement, the LDA will be established as a commercial State agency.

The LDA are currently progressing the development of a HSE site at St Kevin's Hospital in Cork. The site is 14.5 acres and is expected to deliver 265 homes. In April this year the LDA was granted planning permission for this site and the LDA have advised my Department that the first homes are expected to be available in 2023. 

A Cork Docklands Delivery Office was also established by Cork City Council in partnership with the LDA. The partnership will seek to promote a regeneration project of international scale and significance in Cork City.  Cork City Docklands is Ireland’s largest regeneration project with a total area of 146ha of land. The new office will lead the development of thousands of homes and the creation of a new urban centre for international investment into Cork City.

The delivery office will be tasked with creating partnerships and removing obstacles to development as well as co-ordinating stakeholder engagement and consultation.  It is intended that it will review all existing plans, meet key landowners and stakeholders and develop a deliverable but ambitious five- year strategy for the Docklands and will identify early deliverables to build momentum.