Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I will take the next slot myself. I want to talk about policy measures that we can take to assist. We must bear in mind that when we pull the policy lever it can be quite a while before we see the reaction at the end of the line. The tenant in situ scheme, as well as the tenant in situcost rental and the first home loans opportunity that the legislation is going for, put measures in place to protect tenants that never existed before. That is a significant measure taken by the Government.

The Minister set out a figure of 1,300 homes as the starting point. Does the witnesses think that number was pitched correctly and split among the different regions? I might ask for a response on a regional basis. Counties Wexford and Wicklow, for example, got an allocation of 30. I do not know what the demand has been like there. The places with the highest demand such as Dublin, got 500 to 600. Do the witnesses think those figures are right?