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

I am not saying anything about those memos at all. I am saying to the Deputy we have €4 billion to invest in social and affordable housing this year. We are working towards delivering social housing at scale - the highest number of new builds have been delivered this year than in any year since the foundation of the State - and affordable housing, also at scale, through our local authorities and the LDA's Project Tosaigh. I referenced Mallow earlier, where the first affordable homes have been delivered through Project Tosaigh, with people buying those homes this year. More than 1,800 affordable homes have been approved under the affordable housing fund. It is moving and momentum is building in that space. We will do everything to use and invest as much money as we can this year, recognising the fact, although some may not want to, that there were supply chain issues that caused delays on some of our sites, particularly around inflation, which we addressed through the inflation framework. That is the real world we are living in. Supply is increasing substantially and we expect very strong completions in quarter 4 of this year.

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