In the programme for Government, it is stated that the Government should be tested on its ability to deal with the housing crisis and provide social and affordable housing. On Friday, the Minister produced a regulation on affordable housing stating that somebody on €45,000 a year should be paying no more than 35% of their income, which would be €998 per month. On the front of today's edition of The Irish Times, we have an account of the Land Development Agency, LDA, which the Government set up, proposing affordable housing that would be €1,300 a month for a site in Shankill in respect of which we have been campaigning for five years to get council and affordable housing. That is not affordable, even by the Government's own definition of affordability. Furthermore, there will not be a single council house. The Taoiseach said earlier on that he is not ideological. That is ideological. Under the guise of promises about affordable housing, the Government is privatising public lands for unaffordable rents and preventing the construction of the council housing that we actually need.

The Deputy referring to a proposal put before the council in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown last night. They have three or four different options and a combination of social and affordable housing and private housing on the same site. It is early days yet. The councillors will decide what approach to take. The reference to the €1,300 is one example. While rent could cost €1,900 at the moment on a house out there, it could be provided for €1,300, which is a major improvement. It is a council decision to be taken in the weeks ahead.

Rent of €1,300 is not affordable. That is €15,000 a year.