Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----compares to that of the previous Administration. I will clarify the record. Under Fianna Fáil, from 2007 to 2010, 14,500 new social housing units were built, which equates to an average of 107 units per local authority per year.

In contrast, what we have seen under the Minister's Government from 2011 to 2014 is 1,252 new units, which is an average of nine units per local authority per year. To put that in perspective, 130,000 households are on the social housing waiting lists while only 102 social housing units were built by local authorities in 2014. The average number of social housing units completed in 2014 was just three per local authority. Meanwhile and as the Government has failed to act, matters have gone from an acute shortage to a full-blown crisis. There was a failure under the previous Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, and that has continued since the Minister has taken over responsibility. I commend the motion to the House.

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