Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 January 2018
623. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 17 January 2018, the status of each plot of land listed by terms (details supplied); if each plot of land is still in public ownership; if not, the price at which it was sold; and the date of same. [3933/18]
View answerUnder the terms of the Land Aggregation Scheme (LAGS), lands accepted into the Scheme must be transferred to the ownership of the Housing Agency. The Housing Agency now holds the legal title to the land transferred into its ownership and is responsible, in the first instance, for the development of those sites.
A detailed database and GIS map of Land Aggregation Scheme sites, showing their location, size, boundaries and other information is available at
http://rebuildingireland.ie/news/rebuilding-ireland-land-map/.
The Housing Agency is in the process of finalising a Strategic Development and Management Plan for lands in its ownership, including those held under the Land Aggregation Scheme, with a particular emphasis on prioritising those sites that are already serviced and with the most potential to deliver housing at scale, in the short to medium term. Once finalised, the Plan will be made available both on the dedicated Rebuilding Ireland website, and on the website of the Housing Agency.
The Agency retains most of the land originally transferred to it under LAGS. Following Ministerial sanction, the Agency disposed of the following sites in accordance with the conditions of the Scheme with regard to the provision of social housing and building sustainable communities:
1. Duntahane Road, Fermoy, Co Cork - 1.62 hectare of the 3.98 hectare site was sold to the Department of Education and Skills, on the basis of supporting sustainable communities, to facilitate the construction of a school for the area. The land was sold at the prevailing market price of €62,000 per acre.
2. Glin, Co Limerick - 0.5 hectares (full site) was sold to Glin Homes for the Elderly Ltd., an approved housing body, for the delivery of housing for the elderly. The site was sold at the prevailing market price of €25,000.
3. Bruff, Co Limerick - the Housing Agency transferred lands totalling 385m2 from the original 2.1 hectare site in its ownership. The site was transferred for a nominal fee of €1 to Grange Meanus Community Council for the completion of a children's playground.
Income derived by the Housing Agency in respect of the sale of any Land Aggregation Scheme sites are recorded in the Housing Agency's Financial Statement and set out in its Annual Reports.
