City Council-owned land in Dublin is set to be used for housing and community regeneration.

A motion proposed by Labour Cllr Mary Freehill, and seconded by Cllr Dermot Lacey, was passed on Monday which ensures sites such as the depot in Rathmines beside the Swan Centre are earmarked for public use in the future.

The motion referred to a report on the consolidation of 33 depot sites across the city that proposed the sale of a number of properties to fund the new centres.

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Cllr Freehill said the move will ensure the council will project manage future developments, rather than selling these properties to developers.

"Urban regeneration rather than profit will be the focus of future work on these sites," she said.

"In Rathmines a key district Centre, the local community and Rathmines Initiative are adamant that the Rathmines local depot lands are used for social and affordable housing and key step down housing and a primary care Health Centre.

"On the primary care Centre, this community support has enabled me to ensure meaningful discussions have begun between the council and HSE on the location of a Primary Care Centre on this site."

(LM/MH)