Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Again, I agree with the Minister. Part of the difficulty in respect of the public debate around this is the fact that the original proposal was for prefabs, and some of the models that were presented to city and county councillors were prefabs and not the timber-frame rapid-build houses that we have seen.

We want to see the maximum number of units both for long-term housing and good-quality emergency accommodation. Therefore, where local authorities are to act under instruction from the Minister, we need to ensure that the units are good quality and represent best value for money for the taxpayer. We need to ensure that emergency units are for emergency stays and that permanent housing is permanent housing. Perhaps some more transparency in the costings and plans for the Poppintree development would have helped the public debate. I will welcome the Minister's announcements on these at a later stage.

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