Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Taoiseach's answer. It gives an example of the depth and breadth of the Housing for All plan and how it touches on so many different areas of increasing supply, not least with the provision of public housing on public land. On the last count, there are more than 25 public sites delivering public housing in my constituency. That is very welcome. That most recent of those was announced today with the extension of grants for vacant homes, Croí Cónaithe, of €50,000 in cities, including Dublin, and many towns and villages. It will be particularly welcome in my constituency.

I am concerned by the increasing interest rates and its impact on those developing housing. Will the Cabinet subcommittee step in to ensure the Land Development Agency, LDA, ensures those sites that having planning permission are developed for public housing, cost rental, social and affordable purchase and that the Croí Cónaithe cities is accelerated to ensure the viability of those sites, which may now be called into question in the context of increased borrowing costs, to ensure the delivery of new supply?

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