Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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It is a fundamental point. My understanding is that when the Housing Commission submits its final report to the Minister, it will give a figure for the first time ever of unmet pent-up demand - separate to future population growth and new household formation - from the existing population. My problem is that it is not a requirement of the NPF or the NPF review. The reason that is a problem is that the chronic underestimation in the population growth targets and unmet housing demand in the existing NPF, in turn, led to underestimation of new housing demand in the Department's own housing plan and has led to widespread criticism of the Government. In fact, section 19(3)(a), to which the Minister of State has pointed, confirms my point rather than undermines it.