I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 14, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on housing last met on Monday, 31 March and is due to meet again this Thursday, 1 May. The committee works to ensure a co-ordinated approach to the implementation of housing policy. Housing supply has increased significantly over the past number of years. We now have the highest social housing build per annum in half a century, while the latest figures published by the CSO show that almost 6,000 new homes were completed in the firs…

Get out of it.

You cannot talk about personalities in here.

This Government and the previous Government built more social houses than had been built since the 1970s in the past four years.

That is a fact. Up to 48,000 social housing units were built. Nothing compares with that in the previous 15 or 20 years.

The Deputy just keeps on shouting.

The Deputy keeps coming forward with facile and superficial analysis of the housing crisis.

He sets himself up as a housing expert. He is nothing of the sort.

That is why I would appreciate if he allowed other people to give their perspective. The only reason I raised my eyes was because I thought it was wrong of the Deputy to personalise the issue, demonise an individual who cannot defend himself in this House and make the assertions he has made about someone who has not been nominated to any position by Government. No decision has been taken, but the Deputy chose to take a cheap shot at an individual, blaming that person for all of the evictions that have happened in t…

We have built close to-----

The Deputy is an elected representative and he has set himself up-----

I did not say the Deputy was-----

The Deputy is not a construction housing expert. He never has been. He is-----

The Deputy lectures in social policy, and I believe he is a good lecturer in social policy.

That does not make the Deputy a housing expert.

It was good for the electoral pathway.

In terms of social housing, there has been a significant step change. Last year, more than 10,000 social houses were delivered. More than 48,000 social houses have been added to the social housing stock since 2020. We need to do more and we need to build more social houses. The tenant in situ scheme was introduced in 2023. All Deputies have correctly raised that. There was no tenant in situ scheme before 2023. Substantial progress was made in respect of it. There were approximately 1,000 such arrangements in 2023. …

I propose to take Questions Nos. 15 to 20, inclusive, together. I travelled to Paris for the AI Action Summit on 10 and 11 February, co-hosted by President Macron and Prime Minister Modi of India. The summit gathered key stakeholders to explore how we can develop artificial intelligence, AI, technologies and uses globally while ensuring that nobody is left behind. It also discussed preserving our freedoms in the AI revolution and ensuring that the technology serves society and the public interest. The event include…

I thank all the Deputies for contributing to this debate. It is important. The debate illustrates the importance of the Oireachtas committee on AI that will be established. I look forward to further detailed, sensible and balanced consideration of the issue. We can already witness a divide that is too extreme. There are those who see AI as totally negative, others who see positives in it and others still who see the need for balance and guidance around the use of AI. One thing for sure is that AI is here and will b…

I propose to take Questions Nos. 21 to 28, inclusive, together. A Policing Service for our Future is the Government's plan to implement the report of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland. The implementation of the plan was overseen by a dedicated programme office in the Department of the Taoiseach and an implementation group on policing reform, chaired by an independent person. This work concluded in 2024 thanks to the achievement of many of the major recommendations outlined in the report of the Com…