Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The purpose of this question is to tease out how the Minister can square the circle. We need to build tens of thousands more homes but we also need to address the risk of overheating in the economy and the need to retain competitiveness, which is a key issue. We do not want to see a return to the rip-off Ireland which the Minister's party heralded many years ago during the Celtic tiger. Key labour shortages are emerging alongside rising costs. We need to build the homes but the issue that keeps coming up is capacity. How will the Minister manage that?

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