Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Again, I strongly agree with the Deputy that we have a real supply issue which is manifested by increasing rents in Dublin which are pushing people, including those dependent on rent subsidy, out of the market in Dublin and surrounding areas. There is a lesser impact in our own county, Wexford, as of yet. It is an issue we have to address.

How do we address the supply issue? I have not made this public yet but I met the National Treasury Management Agency some weeks ago and asked it to engage with the NTMA family, such as the National Asset Management Agency, to see if we can provide a mechanism to fund initiatives exactly of the sort about which the Deputy spoke. I am due to have a report on that in the next several weeks and I hope to be able to report progress to the House when that is done.

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