John Paul O'Shea (Cork North-West, Fine Gael)

It is good to see that those figures are quite high and strong, that Cork City Council has a target of 592 houses this year, and that Cork County Council has 683. This will bring in the bones of 1,200 new social houses into the system in Cork city and county for 2025.

I very much welcome that almost 2,100 units are in the pipeline between Cork city and county. It is important that both local authorities would strive to continue to build social homes within Cork city and county.

Being a west Cork native, the Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, will know the good work that is going on right across the county. I had the pleasure of taking the Minister of State, Deputy Cummins, to social housing projects in Macroom and Coachford recently and I see the Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, visited many projects right across Cork county in the past weeks. It is good to see progress is being made but certainly from a social housing perspective, I would like to see that good work continue right throughout this year and into the future.

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