Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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We are actually not in the same situation. I take the Deputy’s point but a number of stakeholders deliver social housing. The reallocation to CAS is significant. There is €80 million additional to CAS because we are looking at where we can deliver homes this year and where the pipeline is coming through. In some local authorities there has been slower delivery while others will exceed targets. We do not have the final figures. It is an estimate.

A case in point is CAS under subhead A7. There is an additional €80 million going in there, which is for delivery of social homes. Traveller accommodation is small but still important. Additional moneys are going in there also. The subhead for planned maintenance and voids is about bringing additional stock back in this year. We are allocating €15 million for those social homes. We set ourselves overall exacting targets for this year on social housing delivery and I project we will deliver significantly more than last year. We will get close to target, if not exceed it.