The Housing Agency has said that regardless of the quantity of housing that NAMA makes available, not all homes or apartments will be suitable for social housing.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Housing Agency chairman Conor Skehan said NAMA can have a lot on offer, "but the amount that is suitable is much smaller than that 100%".
The Housing Agency believes that between 2016 and 2020, an average of 17-18,000 houses are needed every year and that includes a social housing component.
Mr Skehan said the Housing Agency has been involved in buying houses, buying them from banks, buying them from NAMA and passing them onto the local authorities.
Everyone is "frantically scrambling" to make up the numbers of houses and homes needed for the next two years, he said.
Mr Skehan also pointed out that the Housing Agency has offered to act as an intermediary between the various agencies in the dispute over the new apartment size guidelines.
To hear the interview with Conor Skehan in full, listen below:
