Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)

In 1994, fewer than 27,000 homes were being built in Ireland but by 1997 this had increased to almost 39,000, an extraordinary rate of increase, and there has been unprecedented growth since. Last year was the 11th year of record house completions, with output of more than 80,000 units. Crucially, we are delivering where demand is most acute and have increased supply to 18,000 units in Dublin and 28,000 in the GDA. This is almost double the level of a decade ago. In overall terms, the quality of Ireland's housing stock is very high.

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