Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Government's strategy document, launched to much fanfare before Christmas, specifically promises 5,384 new social housing units, to be delivered in 2015. I did not write the document; it is a document of the Tánaiste's Government and of a Labour Party Minister. I asked the Tánaiste to explain to us how she proposes to make good that promise and deliver the units in 2015. If I heard her correctly, she is conceding the point that she has not a chance of delivering the 5,384 new social housing units.

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