Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 October 2017
410. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the locations of the sites submitted by all local authorities that were excluded due to their unsuitability to be included on the Rebuilding Ireland housing land map, by local authority and site location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44643/17]
View answerA key objective of the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is to increase the supply of high quality social housing and homes at more affordable price points on local authority and housing agency lands as quickly as possible, particularly in areas where demand is greatest.
To this end, on 27 April 2017, details of some 1,700 hectares of land in local authority and Housing Agency ownership, with the potential to deliver some 42,500 homes nationally, were published on the Rebuilding Ireland Housing Land Map. The map and data can be accessed at http://rebuildingireland.ie/news/rebuilding-ireland-land-map/.
The map was prepared using data provided by local authorities and the Housing Agency which reflected the position at the time the material was collected in 2015 and 2016. Local authorities are now preparing strategic development plans for their sites. As part of this exercise, they have been requested to review, and update as appropriate, the mapping data relating to the sites owned by their authority, carry out a review of the data on a quarterly basis and to ensure an appropriate officer has been nominated to update and maintain the data.
