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

Yes, we are looking at that and I believe they can work together. We have done that with regard to the AHF funding that local authorities can access at the moment. For example, with regard to South Dublin County Council and a new scheme we have started there, that is just about viable and we can get that out there. We will look at the combination of both and how that can practically work.

The other thing we are doing in the next number of weeks is making the first announcements on Croí Cónaithe cities, which are apartments to purchase in our cities. We have the first number of schemes out on that, which are again a subvention to make them affordable and to bridge that viability gap. That raised some hackles in the Opposition at the time but that will provide real homes for people.

To answer Deputy Boyd Barrett's question, he is correct in that there are many schemes out there and there can be a great deal of confusion around them. They are good schemes. There will be an affordable housing portal and it is being worked on right now and has been for the past number of months.

In conclusion, because the Deputy was not present earlier, I want to mention where we talk about good suggestions. We have now received the first approvals for tenants who have received notices to quit on the cost-rental in situscheme who are above the social housing lists and who now have cost-rental in situprovision. To be fair, the Deputy has raised this proposal on a number of occasions. We have listened to that suggestion from him, and from other Deputies on the Government and Opposition sides, and we have now the first families being able to secure their homes through that.

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