Sinn Féin has issued a call for the O'Devaney Gardens deal to be scrapped after information was found regarding affordable accommodation on the site.

The party's Housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin secured documentation showing there will be no additional affordable rental accommodation at the site. This comes after the Dublin Agreement Group claimed that an additional 30% of the development for affordable rental housing had been secured.

These findings have prompted Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald to slam the Agreement Group for "misleading the public and other councillors".

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The Dublin Central TD said: "This deal represents a bonanza for the developer at the expense of the local community and working families. Not alone does it make affordable homes unaffordable for ordinary workers, it also will not deliver a single  affordable rental home. 

"The group knew this when they pushed their deal through Dublin City Council. 

"Sinn Féin has long championed housing on the O'Devaney Gardens site. Our councillors are demanding a special meeting of Dublin City Council to discuss these revelations. This should happen without delay.

"Sinn Féin has the solutions to solve the debacle at O'Devaney Gardens and would deliver a development to meet the needs of the local community and working families.

"Our proposals of 33% social rental, 33% affordable cost rental and 33% affordable sale are the way forward. The Dublin Agreement Group's bad deal should be scrapped immediately."

(CM)