Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Part V was introduced in 2000 and continues to gather momentum. Provisional figures available show that numbers are increasing this year. Not all housing developments are subject to Part V. An important point tends to be ignored — the Deputy, looking at recent figures, has done so as well. It is not correct to take 81,000 units last year, divide by two and multiply by 20. It gives a totally false picture of potential Part V output. As we move through houses that did not require to be subject to Part V affordable schemes we see an increase in the number of affordable houses.

The Government is disappointed that local authorities seem to make deals with developers at local authority level. If I had more support at local authority level, I would try to reverse that.

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