Róisín Garvey (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for all his work on this. People should be clear on the importance of cost rental and how we are pioneering something new for Ireland that has been done very well elsewhere. I commend Deputies Matthews and Duffy on their work on this. It is important to see when a smaller party can make a good contribution that can be listened to and taken on board. We appreciate the Minister's work on this. Social housing is a certain type of housing. Cost rental will also be available to people who do not qualify for social housing. It is a whole new ball game in some ways. It will not be rented at a profit. It is a non-profit way of renting houses. The rent is priced based on the cost of building the house only. It does not set out to make any profit and does not take the cost of the site into account. It is good for the local authorities. They will be well capable of doing this. It is more of the Government's commitment to public housing on public property and I thank the Minister for the work he has done to date.