Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 July 2024
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Summer Economic Statement: Discussion
5:30 pm
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I do not accept that. When we complete the budgetary process, the Deputy can be confident that the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and I will point to increased capital funding for the Department of housing, which we will have announced. I can say that today. When we get to completing the budget, I am certain that the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, will be pointing to the fact that the funding to the particular housing subhead for his Department will go up. The Department will be getting more money next year. That will be part of the phased approach we have put in place as to how we will increase capital investment in housing to build more homes, which we have already done.