Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Government has announced a whole series of actions that we believe will, in the coming period, deal with the situation Deputy Ó Broin outlined. With regard to this massive issue, we recognise it is a hugely significant challenge, brought about by a series of events such as the economic collapse and the particular attitude taken to housing at a particular time, as the Deputy has highlighted. These are all consequences of the very serious economic collapse the State faced. I recognise that each family is looking for a solution, not comments on the general economic situation. I must point out that the Government's priority is to increase supply so the situation described by the Deputy will not be commonplace. We have already taken a series of unprecedented actions on housing, which were necessary and were introduced in the recent budget and previously by the last Government, including budgets being made available, legislation, planning and the fast-tracking of planning. We introduced a rent certainty so that tenants had more notice-----

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