Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Affordable Housing: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Joe FlahertyJoe Flaherty (Fianna Fail)

I am conscious of time but I will just drill into that. In her opening statement Ms Behan said that since 2021 there were 14,500 affordable houses delivered. When I talk about affordable housing, I talk about an affordable housing scheme. Ms Behan said that this was through approved housing bodies, local authorities, the Land Development Agency, and the first home scheme, which strictly speaking is not an affordable house because I could go and build a €400,000 house in Longford and I can access the first home scheme. Similarly, the cost rental tenant scheme and the tenant in situ scheme are not an affordable house. These are specifically for people who are in a rental situation. I would also not classify the croí cónaithe homes as affordable housing schemes. It is disingenuous to put all of those in under the one heading as affordable housing. What is the figure since 2021 for affordable housing, by which I mean strictly affordable housing schemes?

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