Over the weekend, a story broke in the Business Post that a deal between the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Dublin City Council and Lioncor for homes on the Irish Glass Bottle site is imminent. I met the Irish Glass Bottle Housing Action Group. It is shocked by the deal. It is not the deal it campaigned and got cross-party support for. The residents of Ringsend and Irishtown will not accept a deal that prices them out of homes in their own community. Will the Government transfer the 20% equity held in the SDZ by NAMA to Dublin City Council in order to deliver genuinely affordable homes for the residents of Ringsend, Sandymount and Irishtown?

Every effort is being made by Dublin City Council and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide social and affordable housing on what is a landmark site. I do not need to tell the Deputy the impact the proper development of the site can have on the availability of homes in the south inner city and the city overall. I will refer to the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, on the points the Deputy has made. The Government will make every effort we can to try to get the homes that will be built on the central site as affordable as possible.