Dáil debates

Thursday, 8 July 2021

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

 

12:40 pm

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The main way we prevent it from happening is by working with the Land Development Agency, particularly on public lands or lands the State has an ability to influence. We go into the market. That is why I keep coming back to cost rental as a fundamental strategic change in what we are doing here, in that we go into the market and start providing affordable rent and affordable purchase in a way that brings market prices down. That is what we are doing in government. We are implementing the Land Development Agency Bill 2021. I am working with all the public bodies under my Department's remit to see where we can get access to such land, especially land close to the centre of the city, whether on the north side or south side. That is the practical measure that allows us to increase supply. It requires change. Going back to what I said about changing policies, it is a new way of doing it, a different strand and a different way of seeing rental and public housing. It is public housing that is in the market but not subservient to the market.

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