Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent)
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I appreciate that but does the Department feel the scheme is working? I see a significant issue in this regard with planning applications, for example, where developers apply for planning on the basis of dwellings per hectare and the next thing An Bord Pleanála overturns that and insists on 35 dwellings per hectare, and the development does not go ahead. The scheme is falling down because we will continue with the HAP tenancies. The houses are required. How is the Department meeting targets? In one county, there are 13 planning permissions granted but, because of the dwellings per hectare stipulations, they are not going ahead. Out of 13, there are two, which means that we are not solving the housing issue.