Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for the clarification and as I said, I congratulate Dublin City Council on the way it is approaching it. The issue in my constituency is not necessarily that of voids but of delivery. On the last count, 3,047 homes in my constituency are being built under Housing for All. All are public homes on public land. These are projects the Opposition not only voted against the budgets for but also the Bills that enabled them and, in some cases, they voted against the proposals when they came before the councils. There are 3,000 homes all at different phases of delivery and I ask the Minister of State to do everything he can to ensure the local authorities and the LDA work on each and every one of those to ensure they are delivered. I do not have time to go through all the sites but we have 15, 16, 17 housing sites all on public land being delivered in our constituency. "Delivery" is now the key word. We have the momentum behind it but I ask him to do everything he can to ensure we get those homes built and we get people into them.

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