Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour) | Oireachtas source

All told, this Government will provide over 6,000 new social housing units this year between building, buying, refurbishing and leasing, with another 4,000 people being newly accommodated through the HAP, housing assistance payment, scheme. When one is in government, one has to deal in solutions. Members opposite criticise. We analyse, prioritise and solve. People benefit from our solutions, not from the Members’ opposite constant opposition to everything.

It takes time, however, to solve complex problems. Houses are not put in place by waving a magic wand. It involves legal processes such as capital appraisal, planning, design and tendering.

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