John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

To put it another way, it would mean that at the rate of boom house building, this land would not be used up until 2032. In individual towns, matters are even worse. In many towns and cities councillors have zoned so much land that they will be long dead before it is used up. Waterford has enough zoned land to last it until 2072 at boom time building rates. In Dundalk the house building party could continue until 2073. Deputy Lynch will be interested to learn that in Cork, building at boom rates could continue until 2053, while in Tralee the zoned land stockpile will last until 2043.

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