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

The Dublin Housing Delivery Group issued a stark warning on housing delivery stating that the pipeline of land local authorities have for meeting their housing targets is running out. Memos given to the Cabinet sub-committee on housing confirm the targets set for the delivery of affordable and social homes will fall significantly short this year. Under last year's budget, more than 4,000 affordable purchase and cost rental homes were promised. So far this year, just 300 cost rental homes have been delivered and only 325 affordable purchase homes have been advertised. A €240 million underspend in 2022 is forecast under the housing section in the budget documents published yesterday.

The Minister was very clear at the end of last year. He said 2022 would be the year for delivery on housing and that the Government would meet its housing targets. Is the Minister confident the Government will meet its housing targets this year? Is he saying that the memos given to the Cabinet sub-committee on housing that state those targets will not be met are wrong?

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