Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

This is a discussion for another day and I do not expect Mr. O'Gorman to be able to crack this nut today but most of us across the political spectrum are more or less in agreement on the number of housing units that need to be produced over the next number of years, whether new builds or refurbishments. How do we make something affordable that costs a lot of money to make? That is the crux of the matter. With regard to the limiting factors with AHBs and those figures of 4,000 cost-rental units over the next three years, what are the limiting factors for our witnesses if we want to turn that figure of 4,000 to 8,000? Is it the availability of funding or capacity? What are the limiting factors?