Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This morning the NESC published a report calling on the Government to build homes on publicly owned lands. It is extraordinary that a body of its significance still feels it has to remind the Government to take this. The report states, "Publicly owned sites now have a central role in addressing the housing crisis and starting the transition to a new system of active land management and urban development." It is extraordinary that there is not a programme in place to build actively on State owned lands already. We are five years into a housing crisis. What is the Tánaiste's response to the NESC report and can he confirm what State owned sites, in particular in Dublin, are ready to go to construction?

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