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

Some €220 million from subhead A3 was used to support other programmes. There is a reason for that. Some specific social housing developments were delayed and were not going to commence over the course of the year. The better thing to do was to reallocate that funding into things such as acquisitions to ensure the money was spent in appropriate areas, as we did with the land acquisition fund, which purchases land for the provision of new developments. We used those moneys wisely to ensure further delivery of social housing in upcoming years.