Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his reply and wish him and the Minister of State well in their challenging roles.

Does the Minister expect that he will be able to deliver the target of 17,000 social housing units for 2016? I think he said that he hoped to deliver more. Will an ongoing monitoring process be put in place over the rest of the year to ensure that local authorities deliver in accordance with the number of units to which they are committed?

The Minister has said in public comment that he is looking at ways of speeding up the delivery of social housing. Will he give us some information on his thoughts on that? In what way will he be able to speed up the delivery?

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