I did not interrupt the Deputy. He should try to behave himself for once. There were 3,059 commenced in May 2023, an increase of 11.4% over the same period last year. Since January, nearly 13,000 new homes have been commenced, which is the highest ever for this period. A total of 6,716 new homes were completed in the first three months of this year, a near 20% increase on quarter one last year. They are the highest quarter one figures since that data series began. Nearly 31,000 new homes have been completed in the …

The number of homes purchased by all buyer types has gone from a low of just 25,699 in 2011 to more than 52,600 last year. First-time buyers remain the largest segment, by volume, with more than 25,000 drawdowns in 2022 and many of them accessing the schemes the Government has brought forward. More home mortgages were approved for first-time buyers in May this year than in any other month since 2011. Social and affordable housing supply is increasing, whether the Deputies opposite want to acknowledge it or not.

Some 10,263 social homes were delivered in 2022, representing a 12% increase on 2021, the highest annual output of social homes in decades and the highest level of delivery of new-build social homes since-----

It is a pity the Deputy was not here to ask questions last week and most of his colleagues were not here either. Please afford me the opportunity of responding on the Sinn Féin motion. A strong pipeline of social and affordable housing is now in place, with more than 19,000 new build social homes in the pipeline and during-----

A Chathaoirligh Gníomhach, it is impossible to respond to-----

During quarter one of this year, 1,454 adults, as well as children, exited or were prevented from entering emergency accommodation-----

-----by way of a tenancy being created-----

-----a year on year increase of 15%-----

A Chathaoirleach Gníomhach, there is no point in me responding.

From a standing start, 17,057 affordable homes were delivered in 2022, the first full year of affordable housing delivery in a generation. Some 1,345 local authority cost-rental units across seven projects have been approved for funding of almost €200 million, with more being delivered via the Land Development Agency, LDA. Approximately 2,540 affordable purchase homes have been approved by the affordable housing fund, amounting to over €187 million, across 18 local authority areas. There are more to follow and more…

-----single week.

Even if the Deputy does not have respect for me or the Government, he should have some respect for the Chamber.

Allow me to respond to the Deputy's motion. He brings forward no new policies and one housing Bill-----

-----in two years.

Deputy Ó Broin did not even show up last week to ask questions.

Some 238,000 tenants have availed of the renter's tax credit worth €1,000 that this Government brought forward in 2023. Some 40,000 individuals and families have availed of the help to buy grant which helps them to purchase their own home. These are very positive highlights, and leaving them aside we will never be complacent about the challenges that we face. I have and will never underestimate the work that I and this Government have to do. At every turn we have been agile and we have innovated, in our response to…

Why does he not want to bring vacant homes back into use?

What is wrong with-----

What is wrong with giving-----

What is wrong with giving grants to people to refurbish vacant derelict homes?