Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 February 2023
Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 16 - Tailte Éireann (Further Revised)
Vote 23 - Electoral Commission (Further Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised)
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I will answer the second question first. The acquisition target, originally under Housing for All, was set at 200 a year because we wanted to phase out acquisitions. We have permitted now, and we have approval, that any local authority purchase will be above and beyond that and, therefore, we are not restricting it to 200 units and they will not be taken out of their build figures.
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