Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 February 2022
Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 16 - Valuation Office (Revised)
Vote 23 - Property Registration Authority (Revised)
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Revised)
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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I take the point the Deputy makes but he is not entirely correct. There are some projects that can be started quite quickly and on a joint venture basis through project Tosaigh. We will be able to deliver cost rental in that space. I have no doubt that will be challenging, but we have set ourselves a challenging target of 4,100 affordable units. There are capacity issues, particularly around the cost rental side, but there are opportunities into 2022 and beyond to deliver more than our target.