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

I have not had a chance to read the report yet but I will certainly get to it, if not over the next few days then over the weekend. As the Deputy will know, at the centre of the Government's response to the housing crisis is an increase in supply. Supply on its own will not solve the problem, but we will not solve the problem without additional supply. It is a fact that 25,000 new homes have been built in the past year, more than has been the case for probably a decade. There are 35,000 under construction and 45,000 going through planning. We need to ramp up supply. That on its own will not solve the problem-----

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