Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

At the start of the Government's term, it claimed it would knock 10,000 or 11,000 houses because there were too many in the country. So it is a fair legacy to have after four and a half years. Could we have a debate on the capital investment programme to allow all parties to discuss the ambition or lack of it in that and the inherent difficulty in terms of homelessness and the need to deal with this particular crisis and maybe even in a non-partisan way at this stage? We do not have a functioning banking system that is lending properly to people who seek mortgages. We have problems with regulations and with planning.

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