I am addressing the issue. The Deputy made those points and it is legitimate for Government to robustly defend what it is doing in respect of housing. The Housing for All plan is a plan. I have seen no other plan in terms of comprehensiveness or actual schemes, from the affordable housing scheme to the first homes scheme, Croí Cónaithe, the cost-rental scheme, the 30,000 houses and apartments built last year and a range of budget initiatives. Without question, there has been a fundamental intervention in housing by the Government. That cannot be argued with. What can be argued with is the pace and scale and how we can deliver more houses more quickly. Modern methods of construction is one effective way of doing that.

In respect of planning, we have published a comprehensive planning Bill which will encounter opposition in the House. That is legitimate for people who oppose it. The Government has taken decisive action in respect of a fundamental reform of our planning code because we need to improve delivery on the planning side.

I do not believe we should make viability a condition of planning because we would never get anything through An Bord Pleanála or judicial review.

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