Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will take on board what Deputy O’Donnell said and feed it back to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. What the Minister said, as Deputy O’Donnell said, the transitional arrangement ensures that near-term delivery will continue, mindful that increasing the percentage could make developments unviable where the original financial appraisal had been based on the original 10% contribution which was prior to this new Bill. As sites that fall under the new Part V provisions begin to obtain planning permissions, a supplementary delivery of social and affordable homes will be yielded. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage will continue to concentrate on delivering a strong short- and medium-term pipeline of affordable delivery through continued engagement with the local authorities, approved housing bodies, AHBs, and the Land Development Agency. The transitional arrangements included in the amended Part V provisions ensure that the near-term delivery will continue uninterrupted and the Government remains committed to delivering affordable interventions, which I know Deputy O’Donnell welcomes and is supportive of. He mentioned the build in Castletroy. I will take on board what he said and will bring it to the attention of the Minister and his Department.

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