This is about the criteria of affordability set out by the Minister or the relevant housing authority. Amendment No. 19 seeks to add a condition to section 7, that a housing authority may only enter into an agreement for the sale of affordable dwellings "where the dwellings specified in the agreement meet such criteria of affordability", and to include a criteria that any such dwellings should be affordable to individuals on or below the national median income, "as may be set out in regulations developed by the Minister and laid before, and agreed by, both Houses of the Oireachtas".
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Tellers: Tá, Senators Alice-Mary Higgins and Rebecca Moynihan; Níl, Senators Robbie Gallagher and Seán Kyne.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 11–30 |
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