Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Government is committed to a social housing building programme and, what is more, taxpayers are committed to it too. There is €6 billion on the table to fund it and more as well. Under Rebuilding Ireland 2040, money has been set aside to deliver up to 12,000 social houses every year to 2027 and 2028. What happens after that will be for another Government to decide but this one has put in place a process to deliver over 10,000 social houses next year and 12,000 every year thereafter. The money is behind it. As such, I ask Members not to come to the House week after week to state that there is no commitment. It is not true.

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