Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----it is important. Some points were made during the debate and some statements were also made by the Minister. I would appreciate if those types of principles could be recommitted to here by Mr. O'Rourke and Mr. Coleman. The Minister said that in places like Dublin and Cork that land developed by the LDA, and this would differ slightly from local authority land, would be 100% used for public housing, including social and affordable housing. I would like the representatives from the LDA to recommit to that principle here.

There were also accusations that this was a privatisation of public land. I welcome Mr. O'Rourke's statement that it is not the intention to have open market, for-profit sale, and particularly in Dublin and Cork. In addition, another point made was that these lands would be developed by the LDA where it was the client or the developer. It was also said that the LDA was not excluding the possibility of its operating cost rental itself or in conjunction with an AHB. It was also stated that the LDA has no intention to seize or take land from local authorities to develop without the consent of councillors. There is a lot in my contribution, to be fair to Mr. O'Rourke.