Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)

To reply directly to Deputy Byrne on this issue, the Minister, Deputy Hogan, and I met NAMA recently and we are engaging with it on an ongoing basis. Originally it committed to more than 2,000 units, some of which are suitable and some are not. We will continue to engage with it until we have approximately this number of units for social housing.

I take the point that we must continuously examine ways to improve how we use the money we have. In all honesty I cannot see us having extra money in the next year or two. We must target and ensure efficiency in the money we have and ensure it is well spent. Deputy Byrne has made some very good points and I will certainly take them on board.

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