Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I accept it is a rent level that would be unaffordable for many people. I accept that but it is affordable for some. People will either live in them or rent them. Any increase in housing, any new house or apartment built and provided to somebody, is progress. It is also the reason our level of social housing output, the level of new homes being built by our approved housing bodies and local authorities, is at its highest since the 1970s. This is happening in tandem with that. We appreciate that more needs to be done. We appreciate more homes need to be made available speedily. The Deputy's reaction says an awful lot about his attitude towards housing. Let me emphasise, in relation to those homes being built, that we need more social and affordable homes as well, and that is happening.

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