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

I thank the Deputy for raising what I have said consistently is the most important issue facing us as a society and will be for some time, namely, the provision of adequate housing to deal with a population which is growing significantly and is now over 5 million people. The Government is on track to meet its targets for completions this year as set out in Housing for All and could well exceed them. Supply is ultimately the most effective way to deal with the housing crisis. We need to increase supply on an annual basis of all types of housing, including cost rental, social housing by both approved social housing bodies and local authorities, affordable housing and the private market.

On the issue the Deputy identified from The Irish Timesstory this morning by Kitty Holland, I commend the planning section of Dublin City Council on taking the necessary enforcement action. That is an enforcement issue. No one should ever be put in such accommodation------

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