Batt O'Keeffe (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

The Government accepts that housing supply is the key to keeping house prices down. It is working to that end by investing in infrastructure, using land effectively through higher residential densities and streamlining the planning mechanisms. It is no surprise, therefore, that there was no acknowledgement by the Opposition during this debate of the considerable strides made in the housing sector in recent years.

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