Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

More than €500 million will go to Dublin between now and the end of 2017. The Deputy can challenge the figures all he wants, but that is real money. I have some news for the Deputy concerning the targets he has so eloquently addressed. As regards the targets set for the four local authorities in Dublin, we asked them all what they wanted. We met with them and discussed it in detail. The Dublin social housing strategy is separate to everything else we do because of the issues in the capital. When we received their wish lists, I set higher targets for them than they had sought. That is how much we are putting into Dublin. Some €500 million is going into Dublin until the end of 2017.

As regards the Deputy's comments on homelessness, we have put together a huge package to help homeless people. Unfortunately, it would be impossible to have a utopian package that addresses everything immediately. However, if the Deputy asks Alice Leahy of Trust and many others whether they have seen a dramatic impact as a result of it, they will certainly tell him that they have.

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