Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Yes. I hear criticism regarding the lack of uptake of the affordable purchase scheme, but we only introduced the legislation in the summer of 2021. It will take time for local authorities to get up to speed. I have seen the units delivered in Wicklow, where there is a fine development.

In the Affordable Housing Act, we introduced community-led housing. This is a small area but it has potential. We talked about the thousands of figures in cost rental, but we are probably talking about only hundreds in this case, although it is early and new to Ireland and might be a bit more prevalent in the UK and elsewhere in Europe. Has anything been done within the Department with respect to community-led housing now that we have made an allowance for it in the Affordable Housing Act?