Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery
Priorities and Provisions in the Review of the National Development Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
2:00 am
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
It is a combination of the Exchequer element, which is in the national development plan, and other funding streams through the Department of Finance, the Housing Finance Agency and other elements that, again, provide further State subvention and support. Looking at the ratio of the State's involvement in housing, and the Minister, Deputy Browne's statement in recent days that 50% of what was delivered last year was by the State, the issue is ensuring we narrow the viability gap so that the market can complement the ambition of everyone in the Oireachtas for more social and affordable homes. The Cathaoirleach is right. It is an additional level of investment and hopefully-----
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