Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Pre-Budget Submissions: Discussion (Resumed)

5:00 pm

Mr. Bob Jordan:

We have not investigated the matter. An audit of the units held by NAMA found that approximately 4,000 could be used for social housing purposes. The local authorities have indicated a willingness to take approximately 2,000 of these units because they do not want over concentrations of social housing. A similar process could be used to audit the lands owned by NAMA to determine what can be used. We have not done such an audit.