Maria Bailey (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Sisk Living delivered a site at George's Place in Dún Laoghaire. The project, consisting of two-bedroom houses, has won awards and they are beautiful houses. They came in at approximately €180,000. There is another phase to go on the site. The site is surrounded by apartment blocks of four or five storeys so it seems the State did not maximise the potential of the site. The front had to be sensitive to what is already there - there are two-storey houses opposite the site - but in the back we could absolutely have scaled that up. I have a full understanding of the cost of apartments and I appreciate the witnesses reiterating it as people do not really understand the detail involved. There is a second phase and a public-private partnership would probably be best for it. We could deliver the project in Dún Laoghaire at €180,000, and this would reach people with €75,000 income if they were designated as affordable units. There were 12 designated for social housing, which was brilliant, but we could replicate the model.