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

The Minister of State said in his response that more than 3,000 affordable homes have been delivered through four Government housing schemes. That is not true. If he reads the detail of the information on his own website, almost 2,000 of those homes are under the first home scheme - the controversial shared equity loan. However, there is a footnote in that report stating those 1,917 first home loans are approvals only, and not actual purchases. To say, for example, that they are all homes delivered is not true. You need to use the figure on the first home scheme's website, which is the actual homes purchased. At the end of quarter 3 this year, the cumulative total since that scheme opened is 699. That means 1,218 homes have to be deducted from the Minister of State's figure as they have not been delivered. The loans have been approved, and I am not disputing that. However, it is not factually accurate to come to this House and say more than 3,000 affordable homes have been delivered. It is also deeply disappointing that we see continued delays in the publication of the affordable and social housing statistics. They used to be delivered within one month of the end of the quarter. I do not believe they are still being processed, and I would like to at least have a date when they will be available to us.

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