Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

First, the targets are not ceilings. Many local authorities have exceeded the targets we have set them for social housing delivery and I want them to do that. A number of affordable housing schemes have been brought forward in Ennis and Shannon and we want to see more of them. As I mentioned previously, the vacancy grant is working very well across the country and in County Clare in particular. There are real opportunities to bring vacant stock back into use, either for people to buy or to rent long term, or for the local authorities to take them back into use. If the Deputy gives me specifics on the villages she mentioned to me, I am quite happy to engage with the local authority on her behalf. I encourage the Deputy to engage directly with the council.

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