Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 December 2012
77. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding any recent audits of land zoned for housing and yet to be built on land that his Department has sought or had sight of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55020/12]
View answerThe Housing Land Availability Survey is an annual survey undertaken by my Department which seeks information from local authorities to inform the publication of the amount of zoned residential land in their areas that is currently serviced. The published data from the 2011 survey, which is available on my Department’s website www.environ.ie, indicates that there are currently 17,223 hectares of serviced residentially zoned land nationally. In addition, the background data from the 2011 survey indicates that there are currently 35,243 hectares of residentially zoned land nationally.
