Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Although all very interesting, it does not answer the simple question that I asked.

Here is the problem. Over the last number of years, under the previous Government's plan and the Minister's plan, we know the target for social housing delivery each year. In fact, not only do we know the target for social housing delivery, but it is broken down by local authority and by delivery stream - acquisition, new build and long-term leasing.

Since Deputy Darragh O'Brien became Minister, not only Opposition but his own Government backbenchers in the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage have been asking him can he not just do the same thing for affordable housing. Is it not possible for the Minister to set out for each of the remaining years of Government the number of affordable homes he will deliver over those four key schemes, namely, the affordable housing fund, the cost rental equity loan, Project Tosaigh and the LDA's own delivery?

The difficulty is the Minister's plan has a macro-target - the 4,000 for this year and the 5,000 for next year - in terms of affordable homes, but that also includes homes that are not affordable, funded through the first home shared-equity loan about which we can have a separate debate. All I am asking the Minister to do is something very simple. This year, how many affordable purchase homes is the Minister targeting for delivery under the affordable housing fund? How many cost-rental homes is the Minister targeting to deliver under the cost rental equity loan, and the same for Project Tosaigh and the LDA?

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