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

I thank the Deputy for the question. For decades, we have had the wrong approach and attitude to the use of land in the public interest. As a result of that dysfunctional relationship, we have seen violent and dramatic swings in our housing sector that have hurt many people up and down this country, for example, ten years ago when the crash arrived and today. We know there is an unacceptable number of people in homelessness. This Government has a dedicated social house building programme. The Taoiseach referred to it earlier. A total of 110,000 homes will be built over ten years under Rebuilding Ireland and Project Ireland 2040. It is improper of Deputy Munster to mislead the public and the Dáil by saying that public houses are not being built because they are being built.

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