Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I know developments that are going on in Cork at the moment such as one on the Middle Glanmire Road, which I think will have 26 social and 26 affordable units. Other examples are Hawkes Road and Togher. There are developments coming in now with cost rental. The one in Glanmire, which was mentioned earlier, has 32 properties and 1,300 people applying for them. People were ringing me asking me to put in a letter for them. I put in letters to the council every week supporting people's claims for social housing but when it is a lottery, I did not think that it was appropriate for me as a Deputy because if there are 1,300 people in there, how can I say that one person is more deserving than another? There is no private housing in those developments. One is just being built now and there is not an inch of green space in the development. Why was that allowed? Why did whoever built it not get the resources or funding to ensure there was? It is all about building sustainable communities but if you do not have green spaces for kids to play in, we will back here in five or ten years' time.