Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is well aware that during the so-called good years 90,000 houses were built when we needed 25,000 or 30,000. Last year, only 9,000 houses were built in the country. Clearly, there is a ferocious demand for housing and accommodation in the Dublin area, and the answer is that we have to invest, build and provide for that. The Government has signed off on a three year programme for social and affordable housing totalling €2.2 billion, a figure higher than ever before. That is of no value until one sees the concrete and blocks on the ground and houses being provided. Therein lies the answer.

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