Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 February 2017
273. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if legislative changes will be required for new affordable rental models that have been proposed; and if the affordable units proposed as part of a development (details supplied) will be affordable rental or owner occupier units. [8517/17]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, I announced stage 1 funding approval of €17,859,976 for Dublin City Council to progress the delivery of 56 Social Housing dwellings at the site concerned last December. These dwellings benefit from an existing approval under the Planning Acts for 110 social and affordable units on a portion of the site. This is the first phase of a mixed tenure re-development of the entire site to deliver approximately 600 dwellings in total, with a mix of 30% social, 20% affordable and 50% private housing. In this regard, I am advised by Dublin City Council that the site will be developed jointly with a private developer under a development agreement, to deliver a total of approximately 300 private, 120 affordable and the remaining 124 social dwellings to achieve the 600 dwellings, at the agreed tenure ratio for the site.
The question of legislative changes and affordable rental or owner occupier units will be considered in the context of the specific proposals from Dublin City Council.
