Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Doyle, please stop. They are being built on flat sites. Assuming that the sites can be serviced, what is the issue? There is a reason we were able to build at scale in the 1970s. I am not arguing for the same type of housing that was built then because we have moved on. Mr. Doyle and I agree on that. A-rated houses are now being built. The local authority houses that are being built now are of a very high standard. They can be heated with a candle. In fact, the biggest issue now can be the need to let some heat out. They have triple-glazed windows and are very high quality. We must stop moving and just do it. They were able to do it in the 1930s even though the country was very poor and in the 1970s when there was an oil crisis and a recession in the middle of the decade. I remember that. I was working at the time. We were able to do it back then because we cut out the red tape and we built houses that were of a good standard for the time. We mass produced houses.

Why can we not do that now for both social and affordable?