On the broader housing issue, supply is the only answer. Last year we built more houses than we had targeted to build but we need to build more than that; we need to build over 30,000 houses. Likewise, in Cork, Cork City Council and the approved housing bodies have done well in the provision of social housing, and with affordable housing, which the local authority has engaged with. I mention some of the cost rental schemes, such as on Lancaster Quay, which are well below market rents, but we need more of those cost rental schemes, more affordable houses and more social houses to deal with the issue.

The eviction ban is being examined by Government and it will be addressed in March. It is not simple because we also have to maintain supply into the market and to retain existing landlords in the market-----

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