Mr. Graham Doyle:

Yes, certainly. I thank the Deputy for his comments also.

In 2019 just over 10,000 social homes were delivered through build, acquisition and leasing schemes. That was pretty much exactly in line with the target of 10,000 for that year. Of these, 6,074 were homes built through the different programmes implemented by local authorities and the approved housing bodies. That was an increase of about 20% on the build activity of the previous year. Including the housing assistance payment, HAP, and rental accommodation scheme, RAS, activity that is just over 28,000 social homes provided for families and individuals in 2019, against a target of almost 27,400. That was 3% over target. This was on the back of a record level of public investment of €2.4 billion in 2019 to support the delivery of housing programmes. Almost €1.5 billion was on build, acquisition and lease, which breaks down as €836 million for build, €496 million for acquisition and €150 million for lease. The 6,074 built social housing units that are referred to break down as 2,271 local authority new build units; 2,174 approved housing body new build units; and 1,326 Part V units. We limit how we report voids but adding some 300 units on voids brings us to the 6,074 units built.