Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Social and Affordable Housing: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Sean O'Connor:

Of course it could have happened and these things do happen. There are many players involved. The local authorities, AHBs, the LDA, the private sector and institutional investors are all sourcing. There are many people out there. I hope that most of our land will come through the State route. In 2022, alliance members are going to deliver 634 homes under cost rental, almost exclusively through forward-purchase agreements, except for Enniskerry Road in Deputy Boyd Barrett's constituency. In both Deputy Ó Broin's and Deputy McAuliffe's constituencies there are sites on which we want to work with the local authority. One is a joint venture between us and Oaklee in south Dublin which will provide about 150 homes. There is one in Ballymun for 300 homes with Ó Cualann, which is the only association that does sales. There is a joint venture in the offing on that. I would like to see a shift towards a greater focus on that. However, one thing-----