Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The cost to the State is €115,000 in terms of compact versus greenfield sprawl. This is a kind of political question, so the witnesses do not need to answer it. With measures brought in to help to make apartments affordable for people availing of the Tosaigh or Croi Cónaithe schemes, is the State spending money to encourage compact growth and get more people to live in those types of developments? That is a climate measure as well as a housing measure. It is interesting.