Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Last week, I raised with the Tánaiste the fact that homes at Oscar Traynor Road, under a so-called Government affordable housing scheme, would cost between €400,000 and €475,000 for a three-bedroom home. Sinn Féin warned from the beginning that this plan would lead to homes that were unaffordable and out of reach of ordinary people. In the Tánaiste's response to me last week, he said these homes were being advertised at €400,000 but they could be available to home buyers for €300,000 when you combine the first home scheme. That is simply not true, and I am sure, at this stage, the Tánaiste knows that is not true. He has had a week to reflect on his response. Does the Tánaiste now accept that what he put on the Dáil record last week was not true, and that you cannot reduce these prices to €300,000, and you cannot use the first home scheme for this? Therefore, I will go back to my original question. This is a Government scheme that is supposed to deliver affordable housing. Does the Tánaiste accept that €400,000, entry level, and up to €475,000 for a three-bedroom house in Coolock is affordable?

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