Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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The local authority completions and acquisitions are relatively similar for 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. We do not yet have the figures for 2020 which, owing to the pandemic, are likely to be lower. I understand total output was approximately 21,000, a component of which was local authority build. We can get those figures. The figures for 2015 to 2019 are low when one considers the growth in demand or the requirement in terms of the other schemes. Dr. Sweeney spoke about completions and acquisitions. Increasingly, I am seeing acquisitions of whole estates as turnkey. Did Dr. Sweeney investigate the cost of direct build versus acquisitions?