Ken O'Flynn (Cork North-Central, Independent Ireland Party)
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688. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of publicly owned or NAMA-held residential sites that remain idle or under-utilised. [23342/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Information on the total number of publicly owned or NAMA held residential sites is not held or collated by my Department.

Policies and requirements relating to the management and disposal of State Property assets have been put in place by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, who may hold or collate the information sought.

With regard to residential land held by local authorities, I should point out that local authorities are entirely independent corporate entities having full responsibility under law for the performance of their functions and the discharge of their governance and other responsibilities, including the use and disposal of land.

Since its establishment, the Land Development Agency (LDA) carries out certain functions with regard to State owned relevant public land. Relevant public land is land owned by a relevant public body, being a local authority, Government Minister or state body listed in Schedule 1 and 2 of the Act, within a town the population of which is equal to or greater than 10,000 persons at the last Census.

In accordance with the Land Development Agency Act 2021 the LDA maintains www.alda.ie/public-lands/register-of-relevant-lands and furnishes to Government, at two yearly intervals, at www.lda.ie/public-lands/report-on-relevant-lands. This facilitates and supports the identification and assessment of the potential of relevant public land for the provision of affordable and social housing. The Register, which includes information regarding current use and any vacant status, can be accessed via the LDA website.