Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I argue here that we need a State construction company. I think even the Minister of State would acknowledge that the delivery of social and affordable housing is less than the Government had hoped for. It has not met its own targets, and when you look at what has been built by the private sector, average prices in Dublin are now €498,000. In my area they are €610,000. If we are going to deliver housing that can address the housing crisis, we need the State to build large numbers of public and affordable housing on a not-for-profit basis. To my mind, that means we need a State construction company to do it.

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