Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

This goes back to the discussion I had with Deputy Ó Broin earlier. We need a multifaceted response and we must use the stick as well as the carrot. This must apply particularly to the use of underdeveloped lands and sites and further action must be taken. The vacant sites levy has not delivered the scale of urgency or action one would have wanted so yes, it must be part of a new, much more ambitious, much more progressive housing strategy.

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