The housing minister says Dublin City Council needs to get on with building, after a row over plans to develop 850 homes in north Dublin.
Councillors say the original proposal for Oscar Traynor Road didn’t have enough social and affordable homes.
The original plan to build homes at the Oscar Traynor site in Santry was voted down by councillors in November.
They said too many of the homes would be sold privately and would be unaffordable.
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Dublin City Council head of housing Brendan Kenny says it has asked the government if the deal can be adjusted: "We've been having discussions to see if the deal that was on the table could be enhanced in some way, if the affordable housing could be made more affordable."
And Labour councillor Alison Gililand says change is needed: "We changed the plan because we wanted affordable rentals and we wanted to see slightly more social housing on it. The next step is to get the minister's agreement."
But housing minister Darragh O’Brien says the council has to get on with building.
Talks between the council and the department are set to continue, as they look to hammer out a way to provide hundreds of desperately needed homes.
