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

I will get the Deputy the exact tenant in situ purchases. The figure for cost-rental tenant in situ in her constituency is eight so I can confidently tell that the figure for the tenant in situ will be substantially higher than that.

Last year, we purchased over 1,800 social homes. We will do more than that this year. In the Deputy's constituency, the figure is substantially higher than she said, but I will get her the figures. I will say that Sinn Féin provided no funding for the vacant property grant in its alternative budget. It also brought forward a cap on salaries for people who could access it. I am glad the Deputy supports the scheme. I respect the fact people want a change but it is working. We have had more than 11,000 applications to it.

To get back to the affordable housing piece, I encourage all local authorities that have yet to bring forward affordable housing schemes of their own delivery to do so as well. The affordable housing we have been able to deliver in Cavan and Monaghan has been delivered through the first home scheme and the vacant property grant, with the assistance of the help-to-buy grant. I will get the figures for the tenant in-situ scheme and send them to the Deputy. I do not have them to hand.

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