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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 September 2017

Wednesday, 27 September 2017

Ceisteanna (209, 210)

Anne Rabbitte

Ceist:

209. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of green field land that each county council owns in tabular form. [40891/17]

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Anne Rabbitte

Ceist:

210. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the amount of zoned green field land that each county council owns in tabular form. [40892/17]

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I propose to take Questions Nos. 209 and 210 together.

Each local authority is required to maintain a register of all lands its owns or leases.  Details of the entire portfolio of land held by all local authorities, for all purposes, is not available in my Department. However, my Department, working with local authorities and the Housing Agency, has collated details of local authority lands acquired for housing purposes.

A 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 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 were published on the Rebuilding Ireland Housing Land Map, with the potential to deliver some 42,500 homes nationally. These sites can be viewed at the following link: http://rebuildingireland.ie/news/rebuilding-ireland-land-map/.

In order to ensure a consistent and comprehensive approach to the development of these lands, all local authorities have been requested to prepare Strategic Development and Management Plans for housing lands in their ownership, with particular emphasis on prioritising those sites with the most potential to deliver housing at scale, in the short to medium term.  As part of this process, local authorities have also been asked to confirm that the data held on the data base is fully up to date.

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