Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I know. Some 12,000 social homes were delivered. Of these, 8,110 were built in 2023, while, yes, others were leased. Why was this? It was because the Deputy, and others, have come into the House and spoken, rightly, about homelessness and everything else. If we did not lease some of these houses, then we would have more homelessness. The Deputy is talking about 25 years' time. I think the families concerned, however, are happy to be in a social house funded by the State in the interim.

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