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

The first question came from my colleague, Deputy Durkan. I agree with his basic contention that we need to accelerate the implementation of Housing for All. We have made progress but we need to do a lot more and a lot quicker. I agree with what he said in that regard. There are lots of reasons for hope by the way. We have more house building than at any time since 2008, more first-time buyers than any time since 2010, and more new social housing than any time since the 1970s, yet we need to accelerate that and make more progress more quickly. Does this mean increasing our housing targets? Yes, I think it does. Work is being done on that, but they also need to be realistic. It is disingenuous to set housing targets that cannot be met. Even Sinn Féin agrees with that if the Labour Party does not.

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