Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

I wish to ask about Housing for All and the delivery of affordable purchase homes. According to a report from the Parliamentary Budget Office, homeownership among adults of prime working age has collapsed. Since 2012, house prices have grown by a staggering 77%. During the same period, wages only grew by 23%. On an international scale, housing in Ireland is rated as severely unaffordable.

In 2020, Fianna Fáil promised 10,000 affordable homes each year. Yesterday, I asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage three separate times how many affordable purchase homes had been delivered last year and, on three separate occasions, he failed to answer. Will the Taoiseach answer now? How many affordable purchase homes were delivered last year?

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