Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Boyd Barrett is missing a number of issues. He quoted rapidly increasing rental figures. We responded to it in legislation and with the new rental strategy in December. There was a problem and we are responding to it. He was wrong when he said a record low number of social housing units was delivered last year. That is not right. There was a significant increase on the previous year. I am interested in getting people who need homes into a secure tenancy or a home while we ramp up construction capacity in delivering thousands of projects throughout the country.

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