Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not aware of the status of that specific report. It does sound unusual that a process would have been put in place to address such an important matter in 2019 and that it would not yet have reached a conclusion. I do know, however, that record levels of funding are being provided to Galway County Council, as is the case with every local authority, to help it respond to the housing issues in the city and county the Deputy is referring to. We know the human cost of the inability to provide housing in the way we all want to. It is worth saying, though, that if we look at where we are with the number of commencements for the first quarter of this year, this is at an extremely high level, as is also the case with planning permission applications.

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