Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Housing for All: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I ask, particularly in respect of that targeted element, that consideration is given to that because it is a quicker method of delivering units which, specifically, are targeting people who are homeless. The ability to deliver that one-bed and two-bed accommodation in urban locations is hugely valuable. That is what has been done in my local authority area with the repair-and-leasing scheme in particular.
On that, I will make one last point. Is the figure of 60,000 being revised upwards? This was raised by local authorities in Cork, Dublin - Chair, you might help me here. I am trying to remember the local authorities that raised the actual figure as an issue in delivering more units. Limerick, I think, also raised this.
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