Mary Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The 12,000 number is encouraging. It would be helpful if, after this meeting, Mr. Dunne circulated to the committee a projection of where those 12,000 units would be. I have a couple of questions for Mr. Curran as well and I am trying to keep to the time, so I apologise.

I thank Mr. Curran for his presentation and his participation. Local authorities have a strong track record of social housing provision, but today's report is disappointing in its ambition and scale. It seems to indicate a target of approximately 2,000 units over the next three years, yet the CCMA is discussing acquiring land. How many units can the land that is currently available to local authorities provide? Are the targets indicated in the report based on the new legislation or are they old? If the latter, when will they be revised to reflect a greater ambition?