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

We must move away from the idea that people who own homes do not want to see any disruption to the area in which they live. They do not want extra traffic or footfall but still want good jobs for their children and affordable homes. If people keep objecting to new homes and politicians adopt the same position, we will see the delivery we need.

Rents are still too high but the new rent controls that we have put in place have worked to a degree, and independent evidence published over the summer reflected that. That evidence showed a dampening of rent inflation of between 2% and 3% as a result of rent controls.

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