Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The local authorities have to make detailed plans for social housing. Many Members were members of local authorities in the past and know the local authorities must identify the land on which social housing will be built. If that land is ready to go, then they have to bring those plans to the fore as quickly as possible and get building under way. That is what they have been tasked to do by the Government. I encourage Deputies from all parties to encourage their members on local authorities to support the construction of local authority social housing.

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