Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 13 July 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Review of Housing and Homelessness Policies and Initiatives: Local Authorities

9:30 am

Mr. Anthony Flynn:

I am saying it is as easy for them to build 50 units as it is to build 100. We are bundling our schemes now. Our next scheme will consist of 70 units. We were going to proceed with three schemes of 20 units each. We did not do that. We bundled them into 70 units to generate interest from the market, and we got that interest. This is what I mean by scale. Deputy Ellis would know the Valley site in Finglas, which is an ideal site for rapid build homes, of which two thirds could be starter homes and one third could be social housing. This is what I mean by scale. Procurement is-----