Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am aware of the multifaceted nature of the approach to this issue. I am simply asking that the Minister of State give me the figures for units delivered under the various schemes. He is talking about a target of 15,000 units this year but, at the same time, he acknowledges that only 1,400 were delivered by the end of the third quarter. I ask again that he quantify how many houses have been delivered to date under the various schemes. If the figure at the end of quarter three was 1,400, how does he expect to bring the total up to 15,000 in one quarter, bearing in mind that only €39 million of the allocated funding that was announced has been drawn down to date? Is the Minister of State satisfied that his target, under the multifaceted approach he has outlined, will be achieved by the end of the fourth quarter? I do not see how it can be in the light of the figures we have been given this morning.

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