Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 October 2024

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary)

5:30 pm

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

That means there is €297 million for the housing element of it, rather than the development levy waiver, and €97 million for the tenant in situ scheme. I looked at the statement from the previous Estimates. I am not clear on where the €200 million has gone. I say that in the sense that the €200 million was not in the original Revised Estimate, but it is in today's Revised Estimate. Working on the assumption that this year we might meet the full social housing new-build targets – there is a likelihood that will happen – I presume the extra money, which is the return of that €200 million, does not indicate that the Minister is going to exceed the target but it just relates to additional costs factored in for construction inflation and other costs.

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