Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay, excellent. I could go on but we will discuss it on Committee Stage.

I want to talk about housing. I wish many of the Deputies who talk about housing actually attended the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage because when they say there is nothing in this budget for housing, they are ignoring a €4 billion and a €20 billion package. They are ignoring new models of housing like cost rental, affordable purchase and the rapid increase in social housing.

Many of the things we are doing in housing are being done outside of this budget. We have put in place multi-annual budgets and policies that will extend not just over years but over a decade to the benefit of people who will avail of those homes.

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