Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

The median house price in Dublin is €365,000. The average national income is €38,500. A person who earns €38,500 would require almost ten times that amount in order to afford to buy an average house in Dublin. Fine Gael in government has been promising an affordable housing scheme for at least five years. The Tánaiste did so on many occasions when he was Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government. We have yet to see the regulations for an affordable housing scheme. The Government has been long-fingering this for at least two years. Local authorities are waiting to see what the Government is talking about with regard to affordable housing. They have umpteen sites that could be developed for affordable housing, which is much needed, but there has been an undue delay regarding to the regulations. What is the reason for the delay and when can we expect those regulations to be signed?

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