Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for the question. In the context of Rebuilding Ireland, it is important to know that our plans are working. Recent Central Statistics Office, CSO, data point out that planning permission was granted for 20,776 dwelling units last year. That was up 26% on 2016, so good progress is being made.

We do need land on which to build houses. On the Rebuilding Ireland website, the Deputy will see hundreds of sites where there is local authority owned land, the level to which it is serviced and how we will build houses on those sites. From the second housing summit we had in January, councils are now coming back to me with the targets for the land they own.

If the Deputy reads Project Ireland 2040-----

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