Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)
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I will ask the Minister just the one question, because he is without his Ministers of State on the flank. Following on from what Deputy McAuliffe was asking about earlier, the target in Housing for All last year was 4,100 affordable homes. It was not met. Only 1,757 homes were delivered and out of that, only 323 were affordable purchase homes. In two thirds of local authority areas, there was zero cost-rental delivery or affordable purchase by either local authorities or AHBs. Many of those local authorities around the country include local authorities in key urban areas. There is a very high housing demand in Dublin City Council, Galway City Council and Limerick City and County Council. There was no affordable purchase or cost-rental delivery in two thirds of local authority areas. What is the Minister doing, in 2023, to get those two thirds of local authority areas with no delivery in 2022 to deliver on cost-rental and affordable purchase? What measures are being taken in those more challenging city areas to get the local authorities and AHBs delivering?