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Dail Éireann — 2023-02-21
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Christopher O'Sullivan (FF), Cork South-West

I would like to back up Deputy Ó Cathasaigh with regard to the experience on Cléire, especially with regard to housing. It is a big issue on Cape Clear and on all of our islands. We need innovative bespoke solutions for housing on the islands. A very innovative approach was used on the western islands of Scotland. It is referred to as gateway housing. It is essentially a type of social housing that gave people, perhaps young families, the opportunity to experience island life and to give them a taste of it so that they could find out whether it was for them. They then had the opportunity to rent or purchase on the island. It is a very innovative approach. It led to a repopulation of many of the western islands off Scotland. It is something we need to look at.

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Sitting date: 2023-02-21