Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister has set a target to reduce by 2017 the number of people on the housing list by 25%. There is a clear commitment in this area. As Deputy Wallace has said, there is already a commitment to commence 100 projects. There are 350 social housing projects currently under construction. In addition, NAMA has made units available to local authorities.

There is a concerted programme of seeking to move this on. Indeed, the Minister for Finance convened the sort of meeting that Deputy Wallace referred to, bringing together planners, funders and the construction people to help broker deals that would see more supply developed.

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