Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have one final comment and question. The Department's current plan and targets never took into account that demand. That is the entire problem. They were based on an ESRI report that did not include it.

My final question is on the bar chart on page 30 of the Housing Commission's report, which sets out the deficit separate from the baseline of the ESRI. The import of the Housing Commission's report is that a very large portion of that deficit is social and affordable housing - cost-rental in the commission's view. Is that something the Minister accepts at this stage?