Malcolm Byrne (Wicklow-Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department are putting in place to unlock the housing potential of the Saint Waleran's site at Gorey, County Wexford. [65823/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The Programme for Government recognised the need to accelerate home building by unblocking infrastructure delays and coordinating investment in servicing zoned land.

I have established a Housing Activation Office in my Department to coordinate and accelerate the delivery of infrastructure projects needed to enable housing development. The Office is actively engaged in identifying barriers to housing delivery and is coordinating with local authorities and infrastructure agencies to address these barriers.

In the coming months I will be bringing forward a €1 billion Housing Infrastructure Investment Fund to support direct investment in housing infrastructure. This new fund will complement investment by infrastructure agencies, such as Uisce Éireann and ESB Networks, who have also received funding under the National Development Plan to support housing growth.

This joined-up approach will help accelerate housing delivery by unblocking infrastructure constraints and ensuring that investment is targeted to where it can have the greatest impact. This will help support local authorities in achieving their housing targets in line with the Revised National Planning Framework.

While I cannot comment on any individual sites in advance of the opening of the Housing Infrastructure Investment fund, there will be close engagement with stakeholders, including Wexford County Council, to identify priority areas for investment.