Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2023-12-07
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

First, the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland is saying the ceilings are inadequate. The maximum you can go to under the local authority home loan is €360,000, well below the price the market is delivering. Therefore it is not available to huge numbers of people. The key point is that the Government's target for the year is for 29,000 houses. That includes only 9,000 social houses and 3,500 affordable houses, and by the way, the Government will not meet those targets.

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Sitting date: 2023-12-07