Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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537. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an updated version of the Rebuilding Ireland housing land map (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1175/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Housing for All, is the Government’s plan to increase the supply of housing to an average of 33,000 per year over the next decade. This includes the delivery of 90,000 social homes by 2030. Housing for All is supported by an investment package of over €4bn per annum, through an overall combination of €12bn in direct Exchequer funding, €3.5bn in funding through the Land Development Agency and €5bn funding through the Housing Finance Agency.

Under the Land Development Act 2021, the Land Development Agency is required to establish and maintain a register of all relevant public land and land owned by the agency or a subsidiary DAC, to be known as the Register of Relevant Public Lands. Relevant public land is defined in the Act, as all land within a census town owned by a relevant public body. A census town is any urban area with a population over 10,000 accurate to the latest census information.The map can be found on the Land Development Agency at the following link: lda.ie/register-of-relevant-lands/map.

The Land Development Agency (LDA) has an immediate focus on managing the State’s owned lands to develop new homes, and regenerate under-utilised sites. In the longer-term, it will assemble strategic land banks from a mix of public and private lands, making these available for housing in a controlled manner, to bring essential long-term stability to the Irish housing market.

Under Housing for All, each local authority was required to prepare a Housing Delivery Action Plan, setting out details of social housing delivery from 2022-2026. In preparing the Plans, local authorities were required to include details of land available to delivery housing and details of land acquisition requirements. Housing Delivery Action Plans for each local authority are available on the websites of the relevant local authorities.

I have no plans to publish an updated version of the Rebuilding Ireland land map.