Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On rents, there is a broad category of incomes from about €40,000 to up to €75,000. The further up the income ladder, the more able people are to cope with the 30% or 35%, whereas for those hovering at the social housing threshold, it could be quite a large amount. Is any consideration being given to having several bands of affordable or cost rental in a particular development? For instance, in St. Michael's, would it be possible to have two or three bands, depending on where people were in the income scheme, that between the three would cover the full cost recovery but would be somewhat more equitable? Is that administratively complex? Is that something that is being looked at?

I know that Enniskerry Road is a pilot and it is 50 units. However, single people are particularly disadvantaged in the current market. If there are no single person units or the price range is done in such a way that it is only accessible to two-income households, that excludes a very significant portion of people. Is a broader range of household types being examined for future cost rental schemes?

Finally, there is the thorny issue of accountability. I appreciate some of this is not Ms Keenan's responsibility, but some of the timelines she just outlined are incredibly long. I know when one works in the area, one can become accustomed to those but for anyone in an affordability crisis listening to those timelines - Enniskerry Road in 2021, which is the year after next, then Shanganagh is 2024 - they are a long way away. What can be done to reduce that timeline? Are there changes that can be made to procurement or to building type? How can we accelerate these projects? In the case of some, such as O'Devaney Gardens, there is probably not much that can be done to accelerate at this stage, but when new projects emerge are there ways that Ms Keenan could recommend to the committee in which we could get the newer projects up and running and delivered much more quickly? I return to the one question which Ms Keenan and Mr. Kenny did not answer, namely their estimation of the level of need versus the very small number of projects that are currently in the pipeline. If we are delivering very few of these units - and we are delivering them exceptionally slowly - that is not good news for all the people out there stuck with unaffordable accommodation or who are unable to access affordable accommodation.