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

The land development agency is in the public interest. The State will be the developer of public lands, not the private sector. We will bring forward State land for houses for the general public - social housing, subsidised housing and housing for people up and down the country who need homes. It is important to state that where a local authority has land, that is not our interest. This land is for the local authority to build social and affordable housing on. Louth County Council has been given the policy, powers and money to build housing. We are publishing the targets for those local authorities. It is for the local authorities to do that. A total of €6 billion was ring-fenced in 2017.

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