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

The Dublin Housing Delivery Group, which I established and includes the four Dublin local authorities working with the Land Development Agency, LDA, has done a very good piece of work in highlighting the issue of the need for additional lands, particularly post 2024. It is looking at mechanisms whereby local authorities can purchase such land. We hope that councillors in local authorities will support the social and affordable housing developments that are brought forward at local authority level because we have the funding to do that.

Last year, I said 2022 would be a very good year for delivery. Even with the problems we have had with regard to the supply chain and inflation, it will be a very good year for housing delivery on the social and affordable side. Let us also remember that no affordable housing had been delivered for more than ten years. We are delivering that this year. Cost rental is in place this year with tenants in place. More than 900 cost rental tenancies have been funded and many more will be in 2023. I cannot tell the Deputy exactly what the delivery amounts will be at the end of this year. Most reasonable people will understand that. I can tell the Deputy that we are on track to attaining the overall target of 24,600 for housing delivery this year, which is set in Housing for All, and are overachieving in that space.

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