Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 28 September 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness: Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (Resumed)

9:00 am

Photo of Ruth CoppingerRuth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

I will conclude on this point. An interesting development has emerged whereby councillors are getting together to propose projects to local authorities. This happened in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown. Will those proposals be acted on? The idea of 50-50 social and affordable mortgages is preferable because affordable rental is not really affordable. That is the point. We should not be looking at it. We should not aim to keep fleecing people with €1,200 or €1,000-----

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