Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I understand the Deputy's question. To be clear, the targets for local authorities represent one target for delivery of local authority homes. There is one target for new builds. This is what the local authorities are given. If they partner with AHBs, and other Deputies have said that the CAS model of funding works well, then this should be done. We must look at all methods for delivering homes. We will have strong delivery in the fourth quarter of this year. I cannot predict what the final figure will be. If I gave the Deputy a figure and the actual figure turned out to be more or less, then I could be accused of giving incorrect information to the committee. Suffice to say that delivery in the fourth quarter will be strong. I expect us to attain our overall target of 10,500 new social homes this year.