Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not have all of the figures in front of me but there certainly was no reduction in current spending for the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage for 2021. As the Deputy has acknowledged, there was an increase on the capital side of in excess of €500 million. The overall Vote and allocation for the Department increased very significantly, including on the current side. We have provided a lot of extra money for the housing assistance payment, HAP, tenancies and additional funding for homelessness services. I can arrange for all of the details to be provided but it is certainly not the case that there was a reduction in current funding on the housing side. In fact, it went up quite significantly.