Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The differential rent scheme was, as the Deputy said, designed to provide rent at an affordable rate to tenants and provide income to local authorities to ensure they can maintain those properties. That has not changed and remains the model. One of the reasons we are doing a review of the differential rent scheme is to deal with the inconsistency between local authorities. The Deputy will go on to talk about the fact that the income people receive from different sources is, or is not, taken into account. We are committed on that level. We want to ensure a good supply of social housing. We supplied 10,263 last year, across the spectrum. We had the highest number of new builds in many years. Our focus is to meet the targets we have set down for this year.

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