Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)

I beg the Ceann Comhairle's indulgence to apologise to the Minister of State for not congratulating him on his first day here answering questions as Minister of State with responsibility for housing and to wish him well.

The national development plan had significant targets in respect of social and affordable housing. The PPP process was part and parcel of the strategy to deliver those targets. With the rapid reduction in the number of house completions and the forecast for house completions in the next couple of years, can the Minister of State tell us what the revised social and affordable housing targets for the next couple of years are arising from the massive downtown in house completions we have seen this year and which is forecast for next year and the year after?

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