Mary Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is great to hear. It is very positive. My concern is that my sense from the AHBs is that it is much easier for them to deliver in the commuter belt, in Dublin county and the surrounding counties, than in the city. I do not see the AHBs acting on affordable cost-rental housing in the city. I am encouraged that O'Devaney Gardens is finally going ahead after, mother of God, over a decade of back and forth. That will probably be the first affordable cost-rental housing we will get in the city. When I look at Dublin City Council's work programme and the significant number of social housing developments - I am thinking of places like St. Finbar's Court, for example, which was Part 8 approved in 2020 and is now going to stage 3 - I wonder why they are taking so long. Another is St. Mary's Place on Dorset Street. I think there are 4,000 social housing units in regeneration projects. If the Dublin housing delivery group was looking not just at affordable housing but at accelerating delivery of social housing, that would relieve some pressure in the private rental area in the city. This would then lead to more private rental accommodation becoming available. Are there reports from the Dublin housing delivery group and, if so, could have a look at them to get a sense of the extent of the actions being undertaken to accelerate the delivery of housing in the city?