Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will have annual targets. I hope the Deputy's party and other parties opposite will recognise that, to reach those targets, they need to support development. They need to support building and stop voting against housing developments and proposals brought forward at local authorities across the country. I referenced to Deputy Cian O'Callaghan probably the most significant scheme in Dublin this year, comprising 1,200 homes, which both Deputy Ó Broin's party and Deputy O'Callaghan's party opposed. There are also the ongoing difficulties with Oscar Traynor, which I am working with the local authority to try to resolve.

All of us need to focus on delivering homes and stop talking about it. My focus in Housing for All is on a housing plan backed with resources to deliver affordable homes and public homes that people need and put home ownership back at the centre of our response to the housing crisis. I am confident we can make up the lost ground over the last year. We will have targets in the plan for delivery and affordable housing.

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