Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Rather than allow the sale of that land, the Government should be putting that land and NAMA properties into the hands of the local authorities to assist them in housing provision.

To short-circuit the excess delays in the delivery of social housing, I propose that the Government provide housing in-house through the local authorities rather than outsource responsibility in that regard because that process only adds a further year to the delivery of social housing.

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