Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The LDA report, which, I am sure, the Deputy has read at this stage, states that approximately 66,000 homes could be built on public land, but that only in the region of 10,000 of those could be built in the next five to ten years as a result of the constraints relating to the sites involved. We will be scaling up our ambition in the context of what the LDA can achieve. We are examining the Housing for All targets, which have already been ramped up to 40,000 by the end of the decade. Whatever targets we have - and I anticipate that we will be increasing our targets - they have to be realistic. It is a catchcry to stand up at a conference and promise 1 million houses in ten years.

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