374. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans for lands (details supplied) purchased by the Land Development Agency; when is it planned these lands will be developed and approximately; and the number of homes planned for these lands. [70641/26]
Topics / Land Development Agency
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsLand Development Agency
50 questions from 25 TDs, between 25 February 2025 and 6 October 2026.
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| October 2026 | 1 |
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111. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on Land Development Agency plans for Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48274/26]
318. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the price the Land Development Agency (LDA) paid for the acquisition of a site in the Jamestown Industrial Estate, Finglas, Dublin 11; the plans the Land Development Agency has for the site and could; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46412/26]
215. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the expanded role of the Land Development Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37518/26]
196. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a report on the work of the LDA to develop State-owned lands and strategically assemble land from both public and private sources to create a more stable and affordable housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17491/26]
202. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected housing output of the LDA for the remainder of 2026 and 2027, by property types, social units, cost rental units and so on. [17478/26]
404. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cases, by each local authority, currently awaiting a decision from Tailte Éireann on rates valuation; and the number which have been with Tailte Éireann for six months or longer. [11135/26]
154. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the Land Development Agency’s plans in Dundalk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4927/26]
531. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider granting the Land Development Agency greater compulsory purchase order powers, similar to those possessed by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73767/25]
532. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of compulsory purchase orders that have been conducted to facilitate Land Development Agency activity since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73768/25]
309. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the transfer of land from Horse Racing Ireland to the Land Development Agency at Leopardstown Racecourse which is zoned for public housing. [67314/25]
360. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered giving the LDA greater borrowing powers; if he will outline any other borrowing models that have been considered by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68164/25]
45. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a report on Land Development Agency activity in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65540/25]
52. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which the role of the Land Development Agency is being expanded under Delivering Homes, Building Communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65632/25]
658. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total funding allocated to the Land Development Agency in 2023, 2024, and 2025; the number of homes delivered in each of those years; and the expected annual delivery from the LDA to 2030. [63934/25]
601. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to empower the Land Development Agency to purchase a factory (details supplied), ensuring it could be kept open to deliver homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61239/25]
218. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE issued a formal S53 Notice to the LDA regarding the Baggot Street Hospital Site in Dublin; if any relevant State bodies formally declined in writing or in any other way to take the property for housing; if there is a public record by way of emails, minutes, memos, written or electronic correspondence of discussions between the HSE, the Department of…
584. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions being taken to ensure that additional land is zoned for housing in Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54771/25]
588. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of hectares of land zoned under residential zoned land tax that are currently underdeveloped across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54805/25]
589. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is currently evaluating measures to amend the existing system for zoning land in an effort to increase housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54806/25]
590. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the work his Department is undertaking to accommodate new homes through the implementation of a revised National Planning Framework. [54807/25]
591. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the work his Department is undertaking to enable local authorities to identify suitable sites for urban development zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54808/25]
599. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the work his Department is undertaking to ensure that there is no net decrease in land supply from rezoning by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54819/25]
2. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which he intends to ensure the LDA meets its targets with a sustainable source of funding in view of the recent report by the Department of Finance into sustainable funding options for the LDA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53944/25]
1557. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes, respectively, that will be delivered through Land Development Agency investment, in view of new regulations on apartment sizes; and the number that would be provided without that change in the law. [42535/25]