Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 June 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Discussion

Mr. Paul O'Neill:

It is difficult. We are still trying to progress these schemes. We are waiting for the legislation to come through to see what can potentially work on these sites. From my perspective, on that particular site, cost rental emerged as a really viable opportunity for that site and from the perspective of keeping it in State ownership as well. It ticks a number of boxes.

Returning to the Deputy's second point, there is a distinction between cost rental and affordable rental.