Mary Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I ask Mr. Ó Coigligh to come back to us on that as that information would be useful. The construction inflationary effect on the price of housing is obviously very pertinent to anybody wanting to secure an affordable home.

The other issue Mr. Ó Coigligh mentioned was the differentiation between the cost of the building standards we are delivering in Ireland versus those in other European countries, and the historical housing that is in place. When we talk about rents increasing, we are talking about a very different product or home if it is a property or rental home that was built ten years ago or 20 year ago - we all know how much it will cost to remedy defects in those homes - versus what is being built today to a modern standard.

Continuing the theme of my colleague from a Dublin city perspective and getting back to affordable delivery in the city, will Ms Timmons tell us how the Dublin housing delivery group is working? What actions is it taking? Last year, Dublin City Council was unable to deliver any affordable homes in the city and the Land Development Agency and AHBs did not delivery any either. What is the Dublin delivery group doing to ensure there are affordable homes, be they cost-rental or affordable purchase homes, delivered this year and in every other year? Considering that the greatest need, greatest cost and greatest economic, environmental and social pressure for affordable housing in the country are in Dublin city, what is the group doing to accelerate delivery?