Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the transfer of land from Horse Racing Ireland to the Land Development Agency at Leopardstown Racecourse which is zoned for public housing. [67314/25]

James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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Government continues to maintain a strong focus on the use of vacant and underutilised state-owned and public land for housing, having agreed the transfer of 37 sites to the Land Development Agency (LDA) for the development of affordable and social housing.

Land in Carrickmines owned by Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) was agreed for transfer to the LDA under the Housing for All strategy. The LDA and HRI have reached an agreement on the transfer of c.17 acres of land with the potential to deliver 800 high-quality, energy-efficient homes, including both affordable and social units. Initial masterplan design work has begun on the development which will be served by the activation of a new Luas station located on the site. I understand that both the LDA and HRI are currently working in collaboration with DLRCC on the new masterplan for Leopardstown.

Arrangements have been put in place by my Department to ensure that public bodies under its aegis have a dedicated email address in place to facilitate the provision of information directly to members of the Oireachtas. This provides a speedy, efficient and cost effective system to address queries directly to the relevant bodies. In this regard, the LDA can be contacted by emailing oireachtas@lda.ie.