Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

One of the Minister's first acts was to meet all of the local authorities to ask them how they would ramp up supply and what would be needed across government to make that happen. As the Deputy may have missed that, I will be clear - that is what we want to do. However, we also recognise that we need more houses across the system. The Deputy might not like calling it a housing "market", but it is my understanding that, anywhere there is a sale of goods, it is called a market. There is a housing market and we need to activate it to increase supply. That is what we are trying to do via a combination of social, private and rented housing, including student accommodation. I meet people involved in the building industry on a daily basis-----

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