Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As the Deputy well knows, we have brought in emergency measures in the context of this winter, which have been approved by this House and are really needed. The reason we have such a level of growth in new rental prices is the mismatch between supply and demand. That is why the Government's core focus is on increasing supply of all kinds of housing, that is, affordable purchase, cost-rental and public housing on a scale the like of which we have not seen for a very long time in this country. The Government is also working with the private sector to alleviate some of the blockages that are there preventing supply-----

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