Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 March 2018

Public Accounts Committee

Vote 34: Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

9:00 am

Photo of Shane CassellsShane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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I have a very quick question before the witnesses finish giving their evidence. In his opening statement, Mr. McCarthy said that as part of overall social housing delivery, 5,714 homes were built, refurbished, leased or acquired in 2016, exceeding the target of 4,240 homes.

How many of the 5,714 were directly built by local authorities? I do not mean including those by approved housing bodies. I mean specific construction by the local authorities.