61. (1) The Agency may compulsorily acquire land if in its opinion the land is situate in an area in respect of which the applicable housing strategy identifies a need for housing and the land is necessary—

(a) to provide access to relevant public land or land owned by the Agency, or

(b) to facilitate the provision of roads, water or other services or utilities required by housing on relevant public land or land owned by the Agency.

(2) The Agency may compulsorily acquire land only if it has first made a reasonable attempt to acquire the land by agreement.

(3) Any land acquired by the Agency under this Part shall only be used by the Agency for purposes referred to in paragraphs (a) to (n) and (s) of section 2 or in the performance of a function conferred on it by paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (e), (f) or (h) of section 14(1) or section 15.

(4) In subsection (1), “land owned by the Agency” includes land owned by a subsidiary DAC where the subsidiary DAC is, for the purposes referred to in subsection (3), only performing on behalf of the Agency in relation to that land a function specified in subsection (3).