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

However, again, that does not answer the question as to why the figure is 50,000, because that does not make a reasonable allowance for the pent-up demand. We have one assessment of pent-up demand. It would have been much better if the ESRI had also been asked to carry out an assessment but, obviously, that was not permitted by the Government. The Housing Commission's report is not only saying there is a housing deficit of anywhere up to 156,000 homes, although it has a midpoint, but it is also saying that has to be front-loaded. It has a nine-year trajectory from 2025, hitting 70,000 homes in 2029. I am not saying that is correct or has to be accepted, but I do not understand where the 6,000 homes, on top of the ESRI's figure, are coming from. Why was that figure of 50,000 chosen?