Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We might look at the range of schemes the Minister has brought forward in the past couple of years in particular. We had the first home scheme. We have a new Croí Cónaithe scheme. He has introduced affordable purchase again in this country. We now have cost rental up and running for the first time ever. We have the Land Development Agency, LDA, on a statutory footing, on site, delivering homes in our country. We have record social housing. This Government is now building public housing at scale for the first time in a very long time in this country. We have the continuation of the help-to-buy scheme. Ireland is a very successful country. We never heard any of the Opposition Deputies say that.

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