Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

As I recall, we did put the Vienna model into the programme for Government, and rightly so. It is being delivered through the cost-rental approach that has been developed by the Government. That is going to deliver over time. To reiterate, the issue the Deputy has sought to bring in through the planning Bill and again through this question relates to the function of the local authority around land use zoning in the development plan, to the housing strategy that local authorities deliver on and to the need to ensure they have the right mix of housing in their local authority functional area. That is where the responsibility lies, and we believe that is the correct measure and approach to it.

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