Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Yes. I welcome the Minister. I have a series of very practical questions to put to him. On the Estimates for local authority funding, the rates funding is hugely welcome but there is a significant volume of funding at issue in regard to the loss of non-rates revenue, particularly for some western seaboard counties, as well as other Covid-19 factors. I understand it was €10 million plus at the last count. Will the Minister indicate whether there will be any movement or discussion in that regard?

Will the Minister indicate when the social housing output pipeline report will be published? We are all keen to see how that is working. Is he willing to give a commitment to providing pipeline reports in respect of housing delivered through both the serviced sites fund and the Traveller accommodation budget? We have spoken previously about the need for the Traveller accommodation programme to be pipelined so that it can be tracked properly. The underspend this year so far is worse than it was last year. It is likewise in the case of the serviced sites fund, under which only 50 units are under construction thus far. The Minister's frustration on this matter, as well as my own, was well expressed at a previous committee meeting. A pipeline report would be really helpful.

I will not get into a row with the Minister today about voids.