Dáil debates

Wednesday, 28 September 2022

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions

Housing Provision

11:50 am

Photo of Mark WardMark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

For clarity, was the delay in people getting approval from the banks down to the lack of communication on the part of the Department? There were more than 300 eligible applications for these 16 homes. There is clearly a need for affordable housing. People in my area have been blocked out of the housing market for years as a result of high prices and unaffordable rents. They are just trying to get a place they can afford. They want to live in their area and bring up their children there. I do not think that is too much to ask.

The Minister said it costs up to €285,000 to buy an affordable house in Kilcarbery. How much of the equity stake is being paid back to the State? He said it is €1,229 a month for the affordable housing scheme. That is a 32% reduction on general prices in the area. How much would the affordable rental scheme and the affordable housing scheme have cost had this public land not been sold to a private developer in the first place?

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