Local authority housing needs
O’Leary argues Dublin will continue to need local authority housing at recent levels. O’Donoghue says Dublin’s provision will not diminish, though effort may ease elsewhere as the Government encourages home ownership; he also supports tenant-purchase schemes.
It would seem that there is cause for some concern that underlying Government thinking is the belief that the need for the provision of local authority houses is likely to decline in the next few years. Is the Minister aware that there are many people who cannot provide for their own housing and that there will continue in Dublin city the need to provide local authority housing on the same level as that of the past four years.
Comment on this
Nothing in my reply would suggest for a moment that there might be any diminution in regard to local authority housing in Dublin but there are parts of the country where there will almost certainly be a slackening off in the effort. Part of our policy is to encourage home ownership to the maximum extent. For that reason we want to encourage the maximum number of people, including many who otherwise might apply for local authority housing, to provide homes for themselves.
