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

-----and the Minister's target is to build more than 6,000. It is a big gap. Is the Minister confident he will meet that target?

Regarding private housing supply, I mentioned earlier the role of build-to-rent, cuckoo funds and the private rented sector, PRS. They are having a massive impact within Dublin. If we take Dublin as an example, according to the property price register there were 211 new homes for sale in Dublin in the last six months of last year. Even with increased construction for this year, that figure has dropped by nearly 500 to 1,733.