Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy forgot about the women's hockey team which also did well.

The Minister has not played down the housing crisis. In fact, he has identified accurately the scale of the challenge and responded at Government level by providing €4 billion between now and 2020. The local authorities have been informed. Many of them have been allocated their moneys and are trying to get on with the job. As I said on many occasions, this challenge cannot be met successfully unless houses are built and that requires a credit line and a planning permission process. The Minister is very exercised in seeing to it that these commitments are fulfilled. One cannot have a situation like the one described by the Deputy. It is not that the Minister has played down the matter. He is certainly not running away from it. The Government has given its full support in dealing with this issue.

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