Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do, but I am bound by Cabinet confidentiality and I am not in a position to discuss them with the Deputy until they are agreed by the Cabinet next Tuesday. The Deputy knows that well, so he should stop the theatrics. The Government is making progress on housing. It is not enough, and I accept that. Family homelessness is at its lowest level in five years. The Deputy did not acknowledge that. Individual homelessness is at its lowest level in four years. The Deputy also did not acknowledge that. We are now in a position where the State is building approximately 6,000 social homes a year, and more depending on how one calculates it. Nearly one third of all homes built in Ireland last year were built by the State. We have to refer back to the 1980s or even the 1950s or 1960s to see such high proportions.

However, I acknowledge that we are not delivering for people when it comes to home ownership. That requires us to re-examine our policies and make some changes. We are going to make those changes. The Deputy should not pretend that Sinn Féin is somehow on the side of first-time buyers or families who want to buy a home or upgrade. Sinn Féin is against private enterprise, private property and home ownership. It demonstrates that all the time on county councils where it votes against housing developments precisely because private houses might be built as homes for people to buy.

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