Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are doing everything we can, but the point here is that more people have been coming. There has been a total of 100,000 arrivals in the last year, which is a lot of people. We have been working and dealing with this issue, but as the Deputy well knows, we need more accommodation and we are doing everything to achieve this.

Almost 30,000 new homes were built in 2022, including almost 7,500 social homes or new builds, more than in any year in the last half century. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, updated the Cabinet today. Some 7,400 new homes were commenced in the first quarter of this year and this is the highest figure since records began. We are, therefore, making progress. Part of the issue here is capacity. If we were to talk to anyone in a construction company or to people seeking to do some work on their houses, they would say it is very hard to get workers. The Deputy is right when she says we need workers in this country-----

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