Paudie Coffey (Waterford, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We all agree that shouting, ranting and raving will not resolve the problem for any housing applicant. We need a delivery strategy. When the Minister and I took office last year, our first act was to secure adequate funding in the Department's budget to provide for an ambitious social housing strategy. More than €4 billion across five years will be provided. I have already outlined that more than 7,000 new units will be delivered this year. This figure includes direct builds and direct acquisitions by local authorities-----

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