Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)

The programme for Government promises that 90,000 homes will be built in the lifetime of the Government, an average of 18,000 houses per annum. The figures given by the Minister of State are below that. The All-Party Committee on the Constitution reported that local authorities could be empowered by legislation compulsorily to acquire land required for housing at an economic cost. Does the Minister of State plan to act upon this report and free up property for the affordable housing sector?

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