Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We are just hearing the very sad news that Tommie Gorman of RTÉ has died. It is very shocking. We extend our initial sympathies to Ceara and his family. I certainly I did not see that coming. He was a tremendous man, and I am sure we will have an opportunity again to reflect on him.

This week, Dublin City Council has announced the price of so-called affordable homes on Oscar Traynor Road in Coolock. When Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil were pushing Dublin City Council to sell this site to a developer we warned them that this would lead to unaffordable homes. We urged them not to sell the site and to ensure Dublin City Council would develop the site. We told Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil that this would be the only way to ensure that homes could be delivered at prices that working families could actually afford but they refused to listen. We now know that the full price of one of these three-bed homes - affordable, mar dhea - is €500,000. The lowest entry price will be €400,000. In other words, someone would need a gross income of €106,000 to buy one of these homes. Does the Taoiseach believe that home costing €400,000 is affordable for working people?

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