Dáil debates

Thursday, 24 June 2021

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

 

1:00 pm

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have read a little in the newspapers about this development but I do not know the details of it and I do not, therefore, want to comment on it. A lot of apartment buildings would not be built at all were it not for the fact there was an investor willing to invest in them and pay upfront to provide the finance for them. Nobody would win if there were fewer apartments built. It would drive up prices and rents for everyone and we need to bear that in mind. We also need to bear in mind that there are people who need to rent for one reason or another for a period in their lives, if not for a long period. I do not like to see some politicians referring to people who live in apartments or people who rent as transients. I thought that was a very strange comment. What we need is for people not to oppose every type of housing development because they do not agree with a particular type of housing. We need more types of housing of all sorts in all places.

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