Thomas Gould (Cork North-Central, Sinn Fein)

When the Minister talks about delivery, I have a list of properties from the last construction-in-progress status report. More than 11,000 of these properties have not moved in a year, nearly 8,000 have not moved in two years and 5,000 have not moved an inch in the past three years. We have 20 homes in Limerick that have been waiting on capital appraisal since 2015. We have 17 homes in Waterford that have been waiting at the preplanning stage since 2018. We have had 12 units in Waterford at the pre-tender design stage since 2019. We have units in Fermoy that have been waiting since 2017. Overall, there are 11,000 units, and the Minister is coming in here telling me that these new regulations and designs ought to deliver. Who is going to deliver them?

There are 11,000 properties in this category. Is it not important to deliver the ones that actually have planning permission and should be being built right now? Surely, these houses should be delivered first. Would that not make sense?