John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome both groups. I commend the work done over the past 18 months and longer under enormous pressure. I commend everyone who has worked tirelessly in very difficult and challenging circumstances to provide accommodation, as best as possible.

There have been some challenges and a lot of misdirection or no direction by the Government. There has been no coherent policy, as I see it. This time last year, there was an initial announcement to commence 500 rapid-build units and the figure was increased to 700 units with a delivery date of November 2022. None of the units has been delivered. Ms Baxter has just said we will see some units over the next while. How many is “some”? How many are we hoping to see and when?