There will be over 6,000 this year. It is real progress, Deputy Ó Broin.

The Report of The Housing Commission was submitted to me on 8 May, as the Deputy will be aware. I thank the commission for its work and the commissioners for three years of detailed work to look at a longer term strategy on housing. I established the commission. This is the first Government to do that and take a longer-term view. I have no difficulty with contrarian views within it because, even though Deputy Ó Broin might not accept this, all of us do not possess all the knowledge on every housing issue and it is …

Is the Deputy to ask a question later on?

Good. In the meantime, I have asked the Housing Agency to conduct a comprehensive analysis of costings, timelines and priorities. This will allow for a fuller consideration of the policy matters raised than would otherwise be possible, given the report does not cost actions or, indeed, specify timelines for implementation. The Commission's report, together with the Housing Agency conclusions vis-à-vis costings, timelines and priority actions, will help inform consideration of the forthcoming Housing for All action …

No, absolutely not. I thank the commission for its work. I have thanked it publicly for that. In fairness, the report I received on 8 May took years to prepare. Lots of work the commissioners did in the subgroups requires more than two weeks' consideration. I published the report because part of it was leaked and I thought it much better that people could see the full report. That is the right thing to do. I do not see any disagreement in that regard. I have no issue with that whatsoever. I outlined the next steps …

When this Government came in, I was very clear with people, and we published Housing for All as well, that we were dealing with a legacy issue of ten years of very significant undersupply of housing. There is absolutely pent-up demand. What have we done since then? Up to quarter 1 this year, we delivered 110,000 new homes. That does not include the thousands of vacant homes we brought back into use. That is real progress. Not everyone is feeling that yet, but we see it throughout the country. We see new housing dev…

Certainly not.

I have never been accused of being biased towards Sinn Féin.

I am not getting into specific issues relating to that particular-----

Raise it under Questions on Promised Legislation, Cian. I will answer you then.

Lean ar aghaidh.

I have not seen the figures yet. We will publish them, as we do, for everyone to see. We have seen an increase in the number of exits from homelessness, which is welcome. People who find themselves in emergency accommodation are spending less time there and more are exiting into permanent secure homes. I assure the Deputy that supporting individuals and families facing homelessness remains a priority for me and for this Government. Critical to supporting households to exit homelessness is supporting supply. That is…

We are delivering more new social homes than the State has in over 50 years and we will do more than that again. Our plan is published and being implemented. It is happening. That is in stark contrast to the lack of any alternative. The Deputy has put nothing forward. In Cork county, there has been a 32% year-on-year reduction. In Longford, the reduction was 32% and, in Kildare, it was 22%. In Monaghan, it was 22% and, in Westmeath, it was 15%. There was also a 14% reduction in Offaly. The yearly increase in the nu…

Hold on; does the Deputy want to keep interrupting as he has done right the way through? I remind the Chair that he is independent today, regardless of his party affiliation.

The Chair has not asked Deputy Ó Broin to be quiet once.

All I will say is that I am acutely aware of our responsibilities and the job we have to do to drive down the numbers in homeless emergency accommodation. I chair the national homeless action committee myself and I work with stakeholders. It is a complex issue. The Deputy knows that. People enter emergency accommodation for various different reasons. We are increasing the supply and we are exiting more people. We will continue to do that.

The key is increasing supply and social housing output in particular and providing additional supports for people, such as the purchase of homes with tenants in situ , which has been very successful and a really important preventative measure. We are delivering those additional homes. I meet people all across the country who are exiting emergency accommodation and who have secured permanent tenancies. I am not selectively quoting; I have given the Deputy facts. He will have his point of view or perspective on those…

People need to understand Sinn Féin has produced nothing to say how it would-----

We have delivered 110,000 new homes-----

Cathaoirleach, it is very difficult-----