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

From the information he has to hand, does the Minister believe the targets will be achieved? In response to a previous question, he indicated he had got some information back. Does he expect the targets specifically for the building of social housing, as opposed to all the other delivery methods he talks about, will be achieved, both by local authorities and approved housing bodies?

The Minister has shown initiative regarding, for example, St. Michael's Estate. He has just said he expects there will be fewer HAP scheme solutions in the coming year. That is welcome. Will he use the public land available in the context of providing solutions such as cost-rental in order to increase the number of social houses that are being built and move away from reliance on the private sector? Such reliance developed largely because there was not the capacity to build social housing, but we should be over that now. We should be at a point whereby councils can deliver with the support of his Department. Will he ensure that there will be no obstacles or delays in the context of delivering the kind of social housing that most people who come to our clinics want, namely, secure council homes as opposed to insecure private sector homes?

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