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

The conditions that existed in the Covid crisis were that we legally restricted people's movements, on public health grounds, to distances of 2 km early on and 5 km in some instances. There was a very clear legal underpinning for any decisions we took, given the restrictions the Government and public health interests put forward. In the context of the current crisis, there are arguments, of course, to do the same. That is the point and the matter is under consideration by the Minister in respect of that aspect of it.

More fundamentally, we need to build more houses. The Government has increased the allocation and we are getting more houses built. This year, we will reach our target-----

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