Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----in terms of managing the economy for the people to be able to have that engine to drive and invest in services, as the more people that are in work the less tax they will pay.

As I said, the Government has put €2.5 billion on the table for social housing, in addition to the changes in the legislation and the incentives for contractors, the reduction in rebates, the opportunity for reduced rebates in areas to incentivise developers to get on with it, and the investment by NAMA in more than 20,000 units in the near future. The European Investment Bank has been very open to investment in a number of areas in this country and has been very forthright in its willingness to help. It is helping in a number of infrastructural areas. While we are not at the point where we can say the supply side has been dealt with, a great deal of effort has gone into the matter and progress is being made. Admittedly, we are not at the point where we would like to be yet, but we are getting there.

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