Chris Andrews (Dublin Bay South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The glass bottle site is a big site. Residents in Ringsend and Irishtown had big hopes that affordable and social housing would be delivered on that site, which would relieve the huge pressure residents are currently living under, and the overcrowded conditions, and would give people an opportunity to buy an affordable home in the community with the supports they require and deserve. That site was a big site with big hopes but it is all turned to fear now. There is genuine fear that there is not going to be any affordability on that site. There is concern that the cost price coming in of €625,000 is not going be made affordable by the Government. It will exclude the local community. Big corporate entities will be able to send their management in there. There is also concern that because of the cost of the units to be built on that site, the council will not be able to afford it and therefore the social housing element will be delivered off site, outside the community the glass bottle site is in. There is another issue in respect of the oversight committee. It is set down in the SDZ that there would be an oversight committee but it has not been delivered. Residents should have a right to comment, to ensure there is compliance with planning and to raise issues around disruption to housing. There is a serious concern for the safety of people's houses nearby in Ringsend, the new houses. There is a genuine concern that the vibrations are having a serious impact on the structure of their homes. This needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency.

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