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

I know but, again, I am open to having it examined. I would just be careful about it. On another day, the Deputy would be very strong in giving out about a lack of safety regulation in other areas of life. He attacks us on housing and on everything else. It could be argued that what he is proposing here could have safety implications. I will get it checked. I will talk to the Minister and have the issue examined.

Deputy Murphy raised the Ukrainian situation. He said we fundamentally need to break from the reliance of the market. We are not relying on the market. The State is the big actor and player now in housing. You name it. This goes across the board with the help-to-buy and first home schemes, which are designed to help first-time buyers. We have quite a large social housing programme. The Croí Cónaithe fund is trying to bridge the viability gap in apartment complexes in brownfield sites to try to get them going.

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