Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 20 January 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Land Development Agency: Chairman Designate
Mr. Cormac O'Rourke:
While I have a lot of sympathy for the Deputy's view, affordability is a very difficult issue. We will be told how to implement cost rental. We will not be setting that policy ourselves. We will be told by the Department and Minister about how we are to implement it. We can, however, certainly help ourselves and the process by trying to deliver at as low a cost as possible. In that context, it is fair to say that is easier done on greenfield sites than on existing brownfield sites that have listed buildings. We are going to work with the Government to see to what extent it can support us to lower the rents. Ultimately, however, that is a matter of policy for Government. We do not determine how we go about this. As I said, we will be told; we will not set the policy.
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