Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

So we are in agreement on that. What we might also agree on is that it is not happening and it needs to happen. My amendment seeks to make sure this will happen. Rather than just having these provisions in the legislation that could be used and having housing strategies that clearly identify the need for the housing, there will be an obligation on a local authority to figure out the amount of land it would need to give effect to its housing strategy and give timelines and targets for acquiring the land. We agreed on the first half. If we could agree on the second half, we could go a long way to solving this housing crisis.