Baineann mo cheist le Gaillimh agus go háirid leis an tascfhórsa tithíochta a bhunaigh an Rialtas deireanach chun dul i ngleic leis an ngéarchéim tithíochta ar an talamh a bhí go dona ag an am agus atá i bhfad níos measa anois. Tá breis is 248 duine gan dídean i nGaillimh - sin cuid den fhigiúr ollmhór de 12,259 - ach níl tásc ná tuairisc ar an tuarascáil ón tascfhórsa sin.

In the few seconds I have left, I am raising the issue of Galway and the housing emergency that has existed there for many years. In view of this situation, the last Government set up a task force in 2019 and four years later there is no sign of a report being published. No analysis or report has gone back to the Government to tell us the cause of the problems and, more importantly, the solutions to them. This is the situation on a day when there are 12,259 homeless people nationwide and 248 in Galway.

I am not aware of the status of that specific report. It does sound unusual that a process would have been put in place to address such an important matter in 2019 and that it would not yet have reached a conclusion. I do know, however, that record levels of funding are being provided to Galway County Council, as is the case with every local authority, to help it respond to the housing issues in the city and county the Deputy is referring to. We know the human cost of the inability to provide housing in the way we all want to. It is worth saying, though, that if we look at where we are with the number of commencements for the first quarter of this year, this is at an extremely high level, as is also the case with planning permission applications.

On the task force report, please

Progress is being made, therefore, but we know more needs to be made. I will follow up on the specific matter of the task force reporting its status.