Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 2 October 2025
Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Further Revised)
2:00 am
Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
It is not so much a question of the drawdown. We know the number of units that were delivered under that subhead last year and we know the cost of those. We know that the cost of both acquisitions and new builds has increased. If the Minister is going to deliver 2,140 extra new builds this year over last year, he is going to need more than an extra €83 million. I am not having a row with the Minister. I am just asking him to accept that if he hits the 10,000 figure, he is going to need more than that €83 million.
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