Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will turn now to the housing delivery co-ordination office. Mr. Taaffe or Ms Geraghty may wish to take my question. When I start to talk about this next issue, I feel like Tony McCoy getting back on the hobby horse. The issue is affordable housing for rural Ireland and the fact that 13 counties have thus far been excluded from that scheme. I understand, and hope our guests will confirm, that the housing delivery co-ordination office has written to those 13 local authorities, including Longford County Council, to invite them to come forward with submissions and proposals for affordable housing in towns with a population of more than 10,000.