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

-----to build at much increased volume. The big problem we have is there has not been house building activity to the extent we need, and we need a combination of measures to make property available. We need to get vacant properties back into use and we need to see more houses being built on public land - in particular on public land. We have just finished an audit of all of our publicly owned sites throughout the country. We are speaking to other State agencies which also have landbanks that could be strategically used for housing and on some of these we are looking at affordable rental properties.

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