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

I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I wish to acknowledge the very significant work they and their teams do, particularly in the housing and homelessness section. It is not lost on members of the committee that often that very significant work at the front line goes unacknowledged. I want to convey my thanks and my party's thanks to their staff.

I wish to discuss the targets. I will have a quick-fire round of questions for both Mr. Keegan and Mr. Curran. It is important to set both the social and affordable targets against the need. Part of the problem in discussing housing need is that they are not necessarily universally accepted. What is the gross current social housing need? That is the local authority list as well as the housing assistance payment, HAP, and rental accommodation scheme, RAS, transfer, and how that compares to the local authorities' targets.

For the affordable housing delivery, the local authorities were asked - it is in their housing delivery reports that I have here - to undertake housing needs demand assessment, HNDA, to determine the level of affordable need. For both local authorities, what was the HNDA and what are their targets?