Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 4 November 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Unlocking Barriers to the Delivery of Housing: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Brian O'Gorman:
I do not have that information, but I can certainly get it for the Deputy. In terms of our programme going forward, we estimate that about 40% of our delivery going forward will be cost rental. We need to do more cost-rental. We accept that. It has already been referred to by a number of speakers. It is the huge need that is there. Low-income working households need to get into cost-rental accommodation. Not only low-income working households but there is a whole demographic of loads of people who are 40 years of age and older who cannot get mortgages. Even if the accommodation is there for them, they have good income but are not creditworthy in that sense. They need access to cost-rental homes. We need to prioritise that sector, and we really need to fund it.