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

I ask the Deputy to look at the figures and be honest about this for once, and not to continually distort the debate about housing. It gets distorted as if the only players were institutional providers. They are not. They are minority players in the overall scheme of things in terms of the construction of houses. The State is the biggest actor, through social housing, affordable housing and a variety of financial mechanisms.

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