Mary Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am on the north side of Dublin city. There were no new social or affordable homes built in the area in the past ten years. That is just a reality. To be fair, all of the services know my constituency very well because a large number of emergency accommodation services are being provided there. The Government has committed €20 billion to build homes, but it will take time. In the short term, do we ask the Government to take leases on properties that are built today and take people out of substandard emergency accommodation where they cannot cook a meal, wash their clothes or do homework with their children? Is there a place for that?