Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

What happened in the House yesterday was wrong. Aside from the intemperate and bad behaviour, it was factually incorrect. What Deputy McAuliffe said was true: it was a democratic decision of the council in 2019; and it was negotiated between the council and the developer, Bartra, that the council would be given first refusal for 30% of the 50% of units that were earmarked for private sale purchase so that they could be used for affordable rental homes. All that is happening now is that the State is being given the option to exercise that first refusal. Deputy McAuliffe was spot on in that regard.

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