Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach describes Housing for All as the most ambitious plan. He talks about significant impact and indicators of success, yet all the evidence on the ground in the real world is of a social emergency. There is catastrophic failure in the housing market that has implications for people's quality of life, their life options and chances and their mental health. Younger people are actively making the choice to go because they cannot get a roof over their heads. The depth and breadth of the failure of the Government's approach cannot be overstated.

I have a question about the third quarter progress report. The Government committed specifically to deliver 9,000 new build social homes and 4,100 affordable and cost rental homes this year. I do not want overall global figures, but on that commitment for 9,000 new build social homes, how many were built? On the commitment for 4,100 affordable and cost rental homes, how many have come on line?

We can argue about the inadequacy of those targets, which, as Deputy Bacik has reflected, are too low, but they are the Taoiseach's targets nonetheless. Will he give me a specific answer to my specific question? If he does not have one, will he provide it to me at the earliest opportunity?

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