Séamus McGrath (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail)

The ratio between affordable housing and social housing is quite stark. As a public representative, I have been picking up for a long time that affordable housing always seems to take second place in the pecking order. I do not know why but it needs to change. In the new housing plan, which we will get in the coming weeks, will affordable purchase have greater standing? Will there be specific targets for local authorities? Will the ratio change and better balance affordable and social? That is not to take away from social. It is critical but I would argue a wider cohort of people, day by day, are falling outside social housing supports who would be in a position to find their own home.