Francis Noel Duffy (Dublin South West, Green Party)
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I thank the Minister, the Ministers of State and the Department for the complex work they are undertaking to deliver homes. First, I welcome today's measures to further enhance the delivery of cost-rental affordable homes and the provisions for making vacant properties viable homes, which brings prosperity to our towns, villages and cities. This Government's legislation and policy on housing are in the main, the Land Development Agency Act, which is mandated to build 30,000 cost-rental units over a 20-year period; the Affordable Housing Act, which legislated for 100% public housing on public land in Dublin and Cork; and the Housing for All policy. Will the Minister confirm that these actions have exceeded delivery expectations in the first full year of implementation, considering the Russian invasion of Ukraine, interest rate increases and the end of Covid restrictions? It is a simple answer.