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

Okay. I have two separate questions in the two minutes remaining. Last year, as with the two years before, there was a shortfall in new builds on the social housing side. The total shortfall for the three years was 8,537 units. This is a conversation we have had before. Will those units be added to the targets as set out in the housing plan over the coming years, or will the targets set out in the housing plan be left as they are? It is quite a lot of units. That is one question.

The second question is on a separate topic. I am starting to get correspondence from people in different parts of the country about Croí Cónaithe towns. Their banks will not allow them to draw down the mortgages because there are ongoing negotiations between the Department and the Banking and Payments Federation of Ireland, BPFI, in relation to the treatment of the clawback fund. Can the committee have an update on where those discussions are? Does that mean that at this point in time no Croí Cónaithe town funding has been drawn down because the lenders for the principal mortgages are not permitting drawdowns are this point in time? I apologise, but I have 55 seconds for the answer.