Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government is committed to public housing. In particular, 12,000 is the target for 2022, 9,000 of which will be built.

That would be the highest ever and we are on line to achieve that in 2022.

On the referendum, the commission on housing which has been established has established a sub-committee chaired by Ailbhe O'Neill, a barrister with extensive experience working in constitutional law and deep expertise around property rights. She is joined on the sub-committee by Sorcha Edwards, secretary general of Housing Europe; Pat Doyle, CEO of the Peter McVerry Trust; and Patricia King, general secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. There will be some external members with expertise. They are charged with coming forward with a proposal for a constitutional referendum on housing.

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