Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am certainly open to it and I have met a couple of groups. We legislated for community-led housing for the first time under the Affordable Housing Act 2021 so it is recognised. It is a small delivery but there are some very impressive groups. There is one group in particular that I met on two occasions and my officials met very recently. I will not mention the group's name at this committee but there is scope to support projects there. They are quite niche in some respects. Some are nearly like pathfinder housing projects on the environmental side, particularly to look at new ways of building and new ways of living effectively. One thing I did not mention earlier about affordability is a very important piece of work we are doing are the compact urban growth settlement guidelines. That will drive further affordability and will ensure viability as well. That has been very well received and we engaged with a wide range of stakeholders on that too. That is in place now.