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

With regard to affordable purchase and specifically the issues relating to Cork, Cork City Council has done a good job in leading there, as has Cork County Council quite significantly. There were issues with conveyancing on some of the initial cost-rental homes. There was the same issue in Lusk in north County Dublin. It had to be worked through. I have just seen a note that states 183 disposal notices in respect of reports were presented to the general meeting of Cork City Council on Tuesday, 11 April for approval and the handover of keys to purchasers will coincide with the completion of the conveyancing process, depending on the individual purchaser.

There were issues initially, and I came across them, particularly on conveyancing. We now have a common pack for conveyancing for all local authorities. The legal process has been done. We did just short of 1,800 affordable homes. Yes that was below target, and I said this in my opening remarks, but it is a big uplift on the previous year. We intend to do a lot more this year. I will conclude on this because I know time is of the essence. We have 42 affordable housing schemes through local authorities alone approved through the affordable housing fund. I am not dealing with the first home scheme or the Land Development Agency on this. This will deliver approximately 2,800 to 2,900 homes. We are assessing another number of schemes for another 1,200 homes.