Written answers

Wednesday, 24 January 2024

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Housing Provision

Photo of Seán SherlockSeán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 811 of 17 January 2024, if he will publish the report compiled on the viability and potential of the site. [3276/24]

Photo of Darragh O'BrienDarragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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The Land Development Agency's (LDA) Report on Relevant Public Land was published in March 2023 and can be seen via the following link: lda.ie/uploads/documents/230323_LDA_Ministers-Report-on-Relevant-Public-Land_high-res-resized_2023-03-28-105049_jooh.pdf. Specific information on the former Cork Prison site can be found on page 109.

My Department and the Department of Justice have held stakeholder engagement discussions relating to the site, its current and future uses, and its suitability for potential use for affordable and social housing.

Recommendations on all sites identified in the Report on Relevant Public Lands are now under consideration, and sites recommended for transfer to the LDA will be submitted to Government for consideration in sets, based on highest priority sites and lowest level of site constraints. Subsequent sets of sites will be considered by Government in due course. These transferred sites will add to the LDA's existing housing delivery pipeline of social and affordable homes. The LDA will publish details of each project on their website, as the sites become active.

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