Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

We have commenced mainstream construction but the quickest way to provide houses this year and next is to address the empty, boarded-up local authority houses. That is why we have directed a significant sum for this year and next year to those, which will bring more than 1,700 units back into use. Then we will start construction. As soon as we can get funding, we will construct more. We could not do it up to now because we were constrained.

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