Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----where they put forward some ideas as to how savings and cash flow could be utilised to help invest in things like approved housing bodies. It is unrealistic to say their savings, even if the Central Bank rules allowed it, would resolve this issue. It is a complex and multifaceted issue and problem and that is why we need a variety of funding streams to deliver a variety of homes, be those apartments, houses, rental or owner-occupier. There is no one solution, which is why Housing for All is so multifaceted and why we need all of this level of investment to go into delivering those different funding streams that are required.

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