John Cummins (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I support the thrust of my colleague's amendment. We all want targets in respect of the delivery of affordable housing. If it is not this exact wording, could the Minister of State take on board the thrust of the amendment? What I would like to see is not only local authorities having targets for affordable housing built in but also the targets for the LDA, AHBs and the co-ops that we added to the Bill earlier. -We need to see them broken down in terms of cost-rental and affordable purchase. I support the thrust of the amendment but I would like to see additional measures added. If this could this be done on Report Stage, it would be a great addition to the Bill. The thrust of what we are trying to achieve is the setting down of ambitious targets and giving local authority members a say regarding those targets. Targets have to be ambitious because if they are not, we will fail. I have every faith, however, that we will have ambitious targets across the range of sectors. People will be surprised when they see the depth of ambition across affordable housing in the coming years.