Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 27 May 2020
1078. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will report on the Shanganagh Castle development; if the lack of the enactment of the legislation for the Land Development Agency is holding up the progress of this development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8271/20]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Land Development Agency (LDA) was established on an interim basis in September 2018, by way of an Establishment Order made under the Local Government Services (Corporate Bodies) Act 1971, pending the enactment of primary legislation when it will be established as a commercial State agency. Article 5 of the Establishment Order empowers the LDA to provide services including the development and regeneration of land and property and securing development consents for such projects.
The site at Shanganagh is being developed by Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council in partnership with the LDA. A planning application, for the development of 597 homes on this site, was submitted to An Bord Pleanála in January 2020. I understand from the LDA that the necessary arrangements can be made for construction to commence, if the planning application is approved.
A General Scheme of the Land Development Agency Bill to establish the LDA as a commercial state body on a primary legislative basis was approved by Government for publication, consideration for pre-legislative scrutiny and priority drafting in July 2019. The pre-legislative scrutiny process is now complete and the Committee's report has been received by my Department and is being considered in the context of the further development of the proposed legislative provisions.
