Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We have to acknowledge progress and we have to build the capacity to provide the homes we need. We set a target last year of 24,600 and exceeded it by over 5,000. We have a target this year of 29,000 and intend to exceed that too.

We are doing that by investing €4.5 billion in Exchequer moneys this year. I would compare that with the last time we had a Labour Party Minister with responsibility for housing in 2015, when €400 million was invested in housing-----

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