Michael Mulcahy (Dublin South Central, Fianna Fail)

As I understand it, there has not been any significant, or indeed any, limit on funding for housing projects from national Government to local authorities in the 2002-07 period. I received a document only yesterday from the management of Dublin City Council, the figures of which were given to the council's SPC. The document contains charts which clearly show a target, a revised target and actual starts. Under every single category, the actual starts have been significantly fewer than the council's target or revised target. The Labour Party Deputies can jump up and down, but the reality is that for much of that time their party had a majority on Dublin City Council. If they want to look for responsibility for the inability of the council to deliver on housing, they should look in the mirror.

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