Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael)

More specifically on the issue the Deputy has raised about turnkey developments, there is a process being initiated at the moment towards a call for proposals. Through the Department but particularly the local authorities, the State will define the location, the typology and tenure of housing needed as well as specifications and value parameters for any of the scheme proposals. The AHB proposals are aligned with our local authority housing delivery actions. This is about the AHBs getting more into direct build in that space. The other impact of that is that the issue, which has arisen with some people, of competing first-time buyers will be reduced. More particularly, we want to deliver 72,000 units over that period of time. Included in that is that we want the local authorities themselves to get into that self-build area more. If they exceed targets, there will be further funding coming to local authorities for other purposes.

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