Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 November 2016

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Finance Bill 2016: Committee Stage

10:00 am

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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This is related to the finances of the State. The reason I put forward the proposal is that we need the study to be comparative. I am referring to not only council housing but affordable housing. If it turns out that we can deliver affordable housing for purchase much cheaper by the State providing it directly, then we need to know that as part of any serious study.