Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. I wish to make a final point on this. I have a concern around these provisions as there is no public consultation, no appeals process for the public. The more those are shut down the higher the risk we will end up with delays to the provision of housing because if people have issues they want to articulate, their only route is the judicial review one. They will not have other mechanisms or provisions. In that sense it can be counterproductive. I was saying earlier I have not seen social housing delivery prevented by the public consultation Part 8 process, but I have seen it prevented by judicial reviews that have been brought. The more consultation there is, the better the engagement and the less likely it is the desperately-needed social homes are delayed. I will leave it there on this one.