Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The overall total for last year comes to €893 million, which is not too far off €1 billion. Mr. Doyle would surely accept that there has been a shift away from building social homes and towards providing rental subsidies to private landlords. That is the idea of HAP and all of that. There is the possibility that a figure of €1 billion in rent subsidies could be reached.