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

I have a couple of quick questions so that we have time for Deputy O'Donoghue too. Will the Minister tell us from which programme the €214 million has been carried over? I assume the bulk of it is in social housing for local authorities but maybe the Minister will confirm that.

Covid obviously played a significant role in the drop in construction output last year. Social housing had a much larger drop in output than overall construction. Dublin City Council, South Dublin County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council delivered no units directly last year. Cork City Council delivered very few and Fingal County Council delivered even less. Is the Minister concerned that there are more issues than just Covid? Are there other issues, especially with the public spending code, which is slowing down some larger projects? The Minister is a strong critic of turnkey housing and said he wanted to prioritise direct delivery of new builds by local authorities. Last year saw 50% of new builds as turnkey. What does the Minister propose to do this year to shift the balance back in favour of direct delivery by local authorities?

On HAP and RAS, at the end of this year, according to the Minister's estimates, 93,000 households will be on HAP and RAS, so we are exponentially increasing the use of HAP and RAS. I am not saying that the Minister can unwind it straight away. At what point will we start to see a reduction of the use of HAP and RAS? Obviously the aim is ultimately to get people into long-term, secure social housing.