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

It is important that the Government invests and ensures that the initiatives it is taking are making a difference for families. That is the focus of the Government and that is what it is doing. There is increasing demand. There is now fast-tracking of planning applications. The builds are increasing and that will continue. We have come from a situation where there was no investment in housing to the stage where this Government, as outlined in Rebuilding Ireland, has committed billions of euro to ensure that the housing needs of people of this country are met now and in the future.

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