Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I agree that we need private investment in housing. There is no doubt about it. People criticise it and use certain terminology in respect of it. However, as long as there is a transfer of affordability to the person who wishes to purchase or rent, it will be critically important.

Representatives of the LDA were before the committee recently. They talked about 14,000 homes being built up to 2028 and 2029, partly through direct delivery and partly through partnership arrangements with other builders. Is the Minister satisfied with the rate at which the agency is producing housing?