Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Will the Minister confirm there is a change in the balance of public housing output as envisaged in Rebuilding Ireland? At present, Rebuilding Ireland proposes 87,000 houses will be delivered out to 2020 through the housing assistance payment as opposed to 40,000 through various forms of direct provision. This is two thirds to one third, with two thirds being current expenditure going out, year in, year out. The Government has given a figure whereby if we hit the target, €800 million a year would be going out in housing assistance payment to private landlords.