Violet-Anne Wynne (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The ESRI research is noteworthy and it is positive that work is ongoing. However, I must refer to the low number of social housing homes delivered in County Clare since 2016, namely, zero in 2016 and 2017; two in 2018; 25 the following year; 34 the year after that; 55 in 2021; and it then jumped to 184 in 2022. According to the statistics on the Department's website, there were only 31 last year, although 153 are due to be delivered by the end of this year. Many developments are due to be completed by the year-end and I hope it will exceed that target. Nonetheless, 331 over eight years is very low, taking into account the housing emergency of recent years.

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