Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will mention a couple of things we are doing. As I said to Deputy Ó Cathasaigh earlier with regard to the affordable housing, we are well advanced in An Rinn. That is working well. I see the affordable housing fund being utilised there. The ratios with regard to Údarás na Gaeltachta and its ability to be able to sell land is something that is being worked through. The purchase of other land can be done. I brought forward the land acquisition fund for local authorities. There is nothing to say they cannot buy land in Gaeltacht regions.

We had discussion on Croí Cónaithe but let us say that whatever vacancy grant someone decides to have or not, that is having a real impact in rural areas. We had 14 applications approved on the islands, which is a lot.