Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Minister has quoted figures going back decades, but the truth is that since 2009 the level of public investment in infrastructure has fallen by 45%. Research carried out by Michael Taaffe who, I understand, is a member of the Minister's party shows that we will run into trouble if we do not start investing more in infrastructure. The Minister is well aware of the fact that there is a housing crisis and the lack of direct investment in social housing means that the crisis is not being dealt with. We have to re-examine the problem because we will not solve it until we are prepared to engage in much more extensive investment in infrastructure.

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