Séamus McGrath (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)

The Cathaoirleach's directions are duly noted. I thank the Minister, Deputy Browne, the Ministers of State, Deputies O'Sullivan and Cummins, and the officials from the Department for coming in. I have a number of questions. I will ask three initially. I hope I will have time to come back in with the others. I thank the Minister for his opening statement, which was very informative. I will go straight to the questions because we are caught for time.

The Minister has been very careful as regards predicting housing output for 2025 but does he broadly agree with the revised estimates from the ESRI and the Central Bank regarding housing output for 2025? When will the Minister publish an updated housing plan? We are currently spending approximately €6.8 billion of public funds on housing. What is the Minister asking for under the national development plan review? How much does he hope to achieve? How much does he feel is necessary to address the housing emergency we have? I will leave it at that for now. I hope to have time to come back in.