Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The reality is totally different for families suffering in overcrowded or emergency accommodation. Like me, the Minister is a former city councillor. I am an avid reader of the housing and chief executive reports for Dublin city and Fingal. Does the Minister not find those reports very frustrating and depressing? I am looking at the Dublin city housing report for November. From 2015 to 2017, a grand total of 300 houses were delivered on the construction side with almost no Part V houses. The projections for 2018 to 2021 are fairly dismal against the 8,000 or 9,000 people on the housing list in Dublin Bay North. The Minister's emphasis is on HAP and temporary and insecure accommodation. If I look at the Fingal county manager's report for October, and I know he was with the Taoiseach yesterday, I can see that his delivery programme in social housing construction is poor. A total of 133 units have been delivered to date while total construction comes to 745. There is mention of tender stage and pre-planning approval. Is this not desperately frustrating for the thousands on the housing list? A total of 68% of all homeless people in this country are in the Dublin region. Does the Minister not have a responsibility to do something about delivery?

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