Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

There is nothing wrong with private housing construction. We have not just been funding the development of social housing. We fund the approved housing bodies to construct housing. There is a significant uptake in first-time mortgages, which is to be welcomed. It brings first-time buyers into the market, which is absolutely to be welcomed because those are housing solutions for those families. It is also critically important that we are putting funding in place for Uisce Éireann to front-load the infrastructure and allow construction. If the Deputy is talking about a State construction company, is it to only develop State solutions? We are developing and delivering right across the board. The commencements speak for themselves in terms of what is being delivered. What the Deputy is suggesting would be cumbersome and time consuming to try to deliver something the Government is already delivering under Housing for All.

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