Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The target this year will be approximately 4,000. Again, that will be challenging because we had to get a lot of legislation through the House in respect of affordable housing. The Deputy knows that. There was a lot of debate here to give the underpinning to the Land Development Agency, LDA, and other measures. The Deputy talks about affordability. We did extend the help-to-buy scheme and thousands and thousands of people have had their capacity to buy houses enhanced by the help-to-buy scheme, which many Members objected to in the House. It was an affordability measure that was introduced.

A range of measures have now been introduced.

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