Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As I said, what I wanted was short-term delivery. I want people in homes this year. As a result, I set the parameters around the call to the local authorities and AHBs to bring proposals to us whereby the units could be delivered this year. That is what I wanted. Dublin City Council had a proposal that would not be delivered this year, and I stated that it would not be included in the call. I look at all these proposals with my colleagues. There will be further proposals and we will deliver cost-rental at scale. We want to deliver 18,000 units during the lifetime of Housing for All. It is a new tenure of housing and, of course, the scheme will evolve. We have the first 65 tenants in place.

I should be clear that when I mentioned management fees, I was referring to the managing costs and how we look at managing cost-rental versus what is done in continental Europe. There could be significant savings, and I am looking at some changes in that space. I will report back to the House or the committee when I do that. I will keep Deputies advised of it because there could be significant savings in the management of these units that will help to drive down rental costs further.

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