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

Our role is to set the overall ceiling in the national development plan. This has been done for the Department of Housing, Heritage and Local Government as it has for other Departments. There is ongoing dialogue with the Vote section in the Department that manages the relationship with the Department of Housing, Heritage and Local Government. These issues are discussed on an ongoing basis at the Cabinet committee on housing. It is a matter for the Department to manage the overall capital allocation. It is a generous settlement overall. There was a large increase in 2022 and there will be a further increase next year. There is likely to be a carryover.

We are certainly not being informed by the Department that the funding available under the NDP impairs its ability to deliver-----