52. (1) The Agency shall prepare and furnish a report to the Government on relevant public land and land owned by the Agency or a subsidiary DAC.

(2) A report under this section shall contain information on—

(a) relevant public land and land owned by the Agency or a subsidiary DAC assessed by the Agency to be fit for use for the purposes of this Act,

(b) the matters referred to in subsection (3), and

(c) the current use of the land referred to in paragraph (a).

(3) In providing a report under subsection (2) the Agency shall, in relation to each parcel of land referred to in the report, take account of:

(a) the objectives of the development plan and local area plan in force for the area where the land is situated;

(b) any masterplan affecting the land;

(c) the potential for development of the land in conjunction with contiguous sites that also constitute relevant public land or land owned by the Agency or a subsidiary DAC;

(d) the cost of provision of infrastructure and development costs estimated by the Agency to be associated with the use to which the land may be put;

(e) the priority, having regard to the nature of the land, proposed to be given to its development relative to other relevant public land or land owned by the Agency or a subsidiary DAC and the period within which that development is proposed to take place;

(f) any housing strategy for the area where the land is situated.

(4) A report under this section shall also contain information concerning relevant public land offered to the Agency under section 53(2) during the period, referred to in subsection (6), to which the report relates.

(5) Information referred to in subsection (4) shall include information on the acquisition by the Agency of the land or part of the land offered, or its refusal to acquire that land or part.

(6) The first report under this section shall be prepared and furnished by the Agency to the Government not later than 12 months after the date of the coming into operation of this section and every report thereafter shall be prepared and furnished not later than the second anniversary of the previous such report.

(7) Subsection (6) shall not operate to prevent the Agency from preparing and furnishing a report to the Government at any time, in accordance with this section, on any specific relevant public land.

(8) The Minister shall, as soon as may be after a report under this section has been furnished to the Government, cause a copy of it to be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.