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

The figures the Minister of State is putting in the public domain are factually incorrect. The report on the Department's website indicates that it did not deliver 1,750 affordable homes last year because, in fact, 750 of those were under the first home scheme. They were only approvals. The actual number of drawdowns was 137. The Government set a target last year of 2,000 genuinely affordable homes and delivered 1,000. This year, it has set a target of 4,400 genuinely affordable homes and only 123 were delivered halfway through the year. There is a growing concern about affordability. In my constituency, affordable purchase homes delivered through the local authority, with the affordable housing fund which the Minister of State knows we supported the legislation for, are now for sale at a total price of €400,000 to €435,000. The discounted purchase price is €300,000 to €350,000, but one ultimately still has to pay the full €400,000. How many affordable homes will the Government deliver under the scheme this year? Will they be genuinely affordable? What is on sale today in Clonburris and Clondalkin is not affordable for the vast majority of working people.

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