Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. Until we passed the legislation last year local authorities were not in a position to deliver mixed tenure and mixed income housing and this will assist Dublin City Council in bringing forward projects. We all know the importance of this. Having represented Finglas and Ballymun for more than a decade I know the importance of it. It is very clear that local authorities have all the tools on the table. They have a multi-annual budget, partners in the approved housing bodies sector with which they can work and the Land Development Agency with which they can work on master plans.

If the Minister walked across my constituency he could start with social and affordable housing in Kildonan and senior citizens' housing on the site of the Church of the Annunciation. There are proposals for affordable purchase homes in Silloge and Balbutcher. There is more senior citizens' housing in Coultry. There are also other sites throughout the constituency. The timeline and the ability of the local authority to deliver is crucial. We want to see it happening. The biggest project we will have is on the border of the constituency on the Oscar Traynor Road site. It is interesting the Minister and Deputy Ó Broin mentioned Oscar Traynor Road and O'Devaney Gardens because they are different sites. They are different because of the policies and legislation we passed in the House.

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