Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)

We are all agreed that we should attempt to increase the density but if some of these flats from the 1930s and 1940s are given adequate standards then density will have to be lost, unless the physical structure can take an extra floor, as happened at St. Mary's Mansions, or there is additional council land available. The requirement for increased density is too rigid. Some of these sites will not allow density to be increased and we cannot say to the local authority in question that we cannot actually give people 21st century homes on sites where the required density is not possible. Of course if it is possible it should be done but all I am asking is for the Minister to look at this with a view to providing a bit more flexibility for Dublin City Council, in particular.