Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The over-reliance on the tourism sector has been well flagged. The Minister told me in January:

I can confirm that the Government has approved the construction of 700 rapid-build homes with the potential to house up to 2,800 individuals in family units. The rapid-build homes will be constructed on State-owned land. The Office of Public Works, OPW, is leading the development of this accommodation in conjunction with the Department of the Minister, Deputy O'Gorman. [The Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, is part of the cross-departmental group that is supposed to handle this.] The objective is to install 500 units by March-April 2023.

We are now in mid-May and we are hearing that there may be 200 in June. Does the Minister accept that the Government's level of planning has put our tourism potential at risk this year?

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