Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

When I say that I have to listen to all of what the Central Bank has to say, the Deputy finds that a worrying admission. Any construction company that I meet, or any engineering company I go to, tells me that it cannot find the people it needs to do the work that is needed. That is just the reality we are facing as an economy at full employment. What the Government will do, and what we have done over the last number of years, is use the additional money that is available to us to build as many homes as we can afford without creating further issues within our economy. We also need to build more schools. We need to invest in electricity, water and transport, which Deputy Canney raised earlier. We have to do all of that in a measured way.