SF slams affordable housing plan

Sinn Féin TD Arthur Morgan has slammed the Government's plan to hand over prime State-owned land to property developers who agree to construct affordable housing elsewhere.

The move was announced by the Taoiseach today as part of efforts to achieve affordable housing targets set down by the Government.

"It shouldn't be happening without a full cost-benefit analysis being carried out, because I think there's a very dubious economic benefit to the people of the State," Mr Morgan said.

"The notion of handing prime real estate in the centre of Dublin to developers in exchange for so-called affordable housing in the outer commuter belts which are already grossly overcrowded is particularly dubious."