First, I welcome the 52,500 new housing starts in the past 12 months, acknowledge the progress the Minister is making and welcome his openness to new ideas. In that context, I ask him to seriously consider a housing trust dedicated solely to promoting right-sizing for people who want to do so. Ireland is a country where 90% of people in my age bracket are overprovided with homes and would be better in smaller homes more suited to their needs. That amounts to 400,000 homes, so if we could see even a small fraction of occupants move to more suitable accommodation, we would make big progress. A document was produced by the Minister's Department in conjunction with the Department of Health in 2019 which outlines a route we can travel but, sadly, not enough progress has been made on those initiatives.

The Deputy raised this issue earlier this week or last week and it is a very pertinent point. The crucial issue with right-sizing is providing choice for people so that they do not feel that they must leave their family home. I know that is not what the Deputy is advocating. It is about choice. We do have schemes running through local authorities. Earlier this week Deputy Bruton referenced Dublin City Council and South Dublin County Council is also doing work in this area, but not enough. We have included that in our planning, particularly around the provision of more one- and two-bedroom homes, which we are seeing throughout the country. The Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is funding, through her Department, age-friendly officers in each of our local authorities. We certainly want to see how we can accelerate that choice. Certainly, that choice will improve as supply continues to improve and as we are designing estates and developments for communities. We need three-bedroom semi-detached houses, good terraced houses and a good mix of homes. I see that in my own area of Dublin Fingal but it is something we need to continue to focus on to accelerate its delivery.