Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if guidance has been given to the Land Development Agency to ensure that existing individual homes in public ownership are not displayed on the interactive WebMap State lands database; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59790/21]

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. 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 is currently developing a register of all relevant public lands, which are lands owned by relevant public bodies in population areas greater than 10,000. An initial prototype mapping tool has already been completed and is available on the LDA website.

On commencement of the LDA Act, this Register will be put on a statutory footing under Section 50 of the Act . When completed, it will contain information on all relevant public lands being lands owned by local authorities and bodies listed under Schedule 1 and 2 of the LDA Act, in urban population areas greater than 10,000. The Register will be used primarily to map lands in the ownership of relevant public bodies and will not be concerned with individual homes.