Paul Gogarty

Can I just get back to what Tom said about the need for housing?

I absolutely support it.

Three years ago, and just to be clear, I've never taken any...

money or a donation of a developer but i did propose uh to rezone lands at the actual if you value shopping center because you've got a big tesco you've got a major shopping center you've got a b and q and the space for a thousand uh units in there which would have made a lot of sense the planning regulator said no no there's enough housing already zoned in south dublin

for the next 30 years.

And now two years later, for political reasons only, we're seeing proposals for this again.

So it doesn't make sense in any way, shape or form.

And I think that's an ideal area to put in housing.

And then the coal cut lands that are quite near it would have amenities for playing pitches and community infrastructure.

I think there's a win-win to be had.

And Tom, for example, you would have been familiar, obviously, and involved with the glass bottle factory site where 3,000 units were put in the city centre.

We need to build more in the city centre rather than letting Dublin develop like a donut and just planting it in greenfield sites and waiting 20 years for infrastructure.

It's absolutely woeful planning.