Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 December 2023
125. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 7 December 2023, to outline his plans to develop housing on State-owned lands in the Limerick metropolitan area, other than those at Colbert Station, in line with the principles of the transit-oriented development and the new transport nodes identified in LSMATS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55675/23]
View answerFurther to my response to the Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 7 December 2023, the Land Development Agency's (LDA) 2023 Report on Relevant Public Land identified four state-owned sites in Limerick which have potential for the development of affordable and social homes.
This is in addition to the two sites in Limerick, previously agreed for transfer to the LDA under the Government's Housing for All strategy (Colbert Quarter and Limerick City Docks).
My Department has held stakeholder engagement discussions with the four site owners of the lands identified in the report, and recommendations on the individual sites are currently being considered. As part of the appraisal process for these sites, consideration is given to connectivity and public transport as an essential element to any future strategic developments on state lands.
