John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Like it or loathe it, LVS is a blunt instrument here. I just have a fear that we are going to create communities that are not balanced. The same applies in the reverse. If we have an area that has solely private housing, for example, and we need to see the development of social housing or affordable housing in an area, it could be a very useful tool. If, however, we have an area that has a high concentration of social housing and we need to see more of a mix in that area, we would disincentivise the very homes that are really needed to create that diversity within the communities. I am just identifying a problem there. I am not expecting the witnesses to have a response for us here but perhaps they could think about it. I have been thinking about it over the past couple of weeks and I have not managed to square the circle in my own head.