Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

There was one question I did not get an answer to earlier. Maybe people do not have the answer; the Government cannot give me an answer. Does the CCMA have any idea where can we get the figures for how many people are being taken off the list each year because they are reaching the income thresholds? I would just like to know those facts.

If I understand correctly, Mr. Curran referred to 47,600 new social housing units by 2026 and about half of them from the local authorities. That would work out at about 5,400 units per year by the local authorities up to 2026. Last year, direct build by local authorities amounted to 1,343 units. The local authorities will have to more than treble their output. Is that likely to happen? What has been the problem with local authority output?

I know this is before Mr. Curran's time in Dún Laoghaire but I was stunned to find out that last year in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown there was no directly provided council houses, zero. Most of them were provided by AHBs. From what I can see, most were arrangements the CCMA had made with builders or Part V builds. That is what we seem to be getting. I am not pointing fingers as Mr. Curran is new in Dún Laoghaire. Has he any idea what the problem was there? What is the difference?

On affordable housing, in Dún Laoghaire because of house prices I just do not see how any of the affordable housing is going to work. I do not see how it is going to be affordable. I would be interested in what all the witnesses have to say but especially if Mr. Curran has any take on it. As far as I know, we still do not know what "affordable" means in Cherrywood.

What are we getting for the LIHAF funding? How many affordable units will there be? What will be the price? There is new information available in respect of Shanganagh. Do we know how much the affordable purchase units will cost? As they are essentially a discount on the market price and the market is so off the scale in south Dublin, how will they be affordable? Will they be genuinely affordable for working people who are not eligible for social housing but whose income simply does not go anywhere close to being able to purchase, even at a rate that is discounted on the market, in areas such as Dún Laoghaire and south Dublin?