Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Government's Cabinet committee on housing will meet in early October and the Government will shortly thereafter set the new housing targets for 2025 to 2030. As the Deputy knows, the completion of the new national planning framework is an important part of that.

The national planning framework has been out to consultation. I am sure the Deputy and many others have had a chance to make a submission over the summer. We will, I believe, still meet the 40,000 figure this year, which is well above the target that we set. I base that on the fact that while the Central Bank does a very good job. It forecasted housing figures last year and we exceeded them. It forecasted housing figures the year before, we exceeded them, and we intend to exceed them again this year.

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