John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It does and that is why I have focused on it since I had the honour of being put on this committee. I have highlighted the success of Waterford in that respect. It is great if 25 units are delivered this year but look at Waterford where there were 300 units delivered under that scheme. That happened despite the very same impediments in terms of city centre and so on. The dialogue between auctioneers, developers, owners of properties and the interchange is all the same regardless of where you are. The chief executives of Dublin and Cork have been before the committee. The figure of €60,000 was given as a barrier so it was increased to €80,000. It is good to hear that the council is looking to increase it but I want to see the figure increase further because it does have an impact on one-bedroom and two-bedroom city centre properties, particularly in having own-door access under Housing First to prevent people from going into homelessness.

The four Dublin local authorities have only delivered 39 units, of which 28 are in Fingal. South Dublin has not delivered a single unit; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown has delivered two; and Dublin City Council has delivered nine. It is not good.