Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is traditional that local authorities will work in the fourth quarter to spend their budget allocations. I agree that the targets we have set for them are ambitious. We expect them to be delivered because the local authorities are the housing authorities and the drivers of progress. They know where the need is and can prioritise the projects that are put forward to the Department. We are dependent on the local authorities to deliver on the ambitious targets we have given them and ensure the funding that has been allocated is used to accommodate the people on the housing list.

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