Ms Ann Doherty:

We need to recognise the viability issue. In Cork city, no apartments are being built, apart from what is being done through our social and affordable housing programmes. There is a viability issue, so I am not sure that a financial disincentive would achieve anything other than possibly leading to fewer properties being built. Maybe we should work together on measures that would help to address some of those viability issues. I do not have all the answers but we need homes and should be working collectively to create conditions in which homes can be built.