Dublin city councillors have criticised the amount of housing contained in the proposed redevelopment of Boland's Mills and the overall Docklands plan.
The €150m Boland's Mill redevelopment involves the demolition of the concrete silos and the construction of three 14-storey towers with two for office space and one for residential.
A meeting of the city council's South East Area Committee heard that there are plans for 42 residential units over 6,500 square metres and more than 28,000 square metres of office space.
Fine Gael Cllr Kieran Binchy said the amount of housing "was nowhere near" the minimum 30% requirement in the overall Strategic Development Zone (SDZ) plan for the Docklands.
He said he would be making a formal submission on the issue.
A number of local councillors said more housing was needed because of the city's housing crisis.
Sinn Féin's Chris Andrews said after the meeting: "This is totally inadequate, 42 units doesn't even come close to addressing the housing crisis that we are facing."
But a smaller number of councillors, including Fianna Fáil’s Jim O'Callaghan, said the priority was to address the shortage of office space for companies that would help the economy.
Council planner Elaine O'Sullivan said that submissions on the proposal could be made until Friday and a decision on the development was due to be made by the council on 5 February.
She said the application was the biggest made in years and the first to be made as part of the Docklands SDZ which means the council's decision cannot be appealed to An Bord Pleanála.
A council spokesperson later explained that the 30% residential requirement refers to ground floor level only and includes private open space and cultural amenities.
Independent Cllr Mannix Flynn said councillors were concerned that this provision would be used to dilute the housing requirement for the whole Docklands redevelopment.
The Boland's Mill development is part of plans for the Docklands to deliver space for 23,000 office workers and 5,800 housing units over 22 hectares.
The project is being handled by Savills, acting as receivers for NAMA.
A number of old warehouses are protected structures and will be refurbished as part of the redevelopment.
The site was not used by rebels in 1916 - that was Boland’s bakery on Grand Canal Street, which was later demolished.
