Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

No one is saying that Clare County Council is dragging its feet. The fund has been open for approximately one year. As I said, we have already approved 27 projects across the country in that year. Many of those are now being built. Over 1,800 affordable homes will be provided through local authorities. I have given examples of other counties that have made submissions. This is not back-of-an-envelope stuff. A proper submission must be made. We will provide the funding accordingly. I have changed the affordable housing fund to allow the subvention to increase and vary from €100,000 to €150,000 so we can ensure that people in Clare can buy affordable homes, led by the local authority. The first home scheme is open to all Twenty-six Counties. We have had over 460 eligibility-----

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