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

Deputy Boyd Barrett makes a clear point. He mentioned a specific case and I ask him to forward me details of that case and I will follow up on it. The tenantin situ scheme has been a great success. There have been 1,196 acquisitions to date and there are 1,000 more in the pipeline. Many of those are three and four-bedroom properties. I welcome the fact that the Deputy acknowledged that it has worked.

On Deputy Farrell's point, applications for funding come through the local authorities but they come based on applications they have received. If there is a Part V element it arises if the estate proceeds. I suggest that the Deputy writes to me on what he is specifically looking for so that we can feed it into the process. The Department deals with applications as they arise. Those applications flow through the local authority for social housing, either by way of Part V, through the capital assistance scheme or through the local authorities themselves. We had record numbers of homes built last year and we are on track with our output again this year but I ask the Deputy to write to us.

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