Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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159. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the way he is making housing affordable; his plans to introduce another affordable housing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27804/14]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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The Government’s 2011 Housing Policy Statement announced the standing down of all affordable housing schemes in the context of a full review of Part V of the Planning and Development Acts 2000-2013. Details regarding the review are available on my Department’s website: . The Government’s recently published Construction 2020 – A Strategy for a Renewed Construction Sectoraims to build a competitive, innovative, and sustainable construction sector. Action 9 of the strategy provides that the review of Part V will be completed in Q2 of 2014. It is anticipated that any legislative changes required on foot of the review will be incorporated into the General Scheme of a Planning Bill, which is currently in preparation.