Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government has allocated unprecedented funding for inner city renewal across a range of funding, including housing, city centre infrastructure and regeneration. Dublin City Council is the key agency here and is responsible for its own housing stock and regenerating many of the apartment complexes the Deputy has spoken about. In many other cities, regeneration of various apartment blocks and complexes has happened much faster. The focus has to be on Dublin City Council. As the Deputy said, many of these projects are painfully slow, which means they are under way, but, by definition, they do not happen overnight. We are very focused on the housing crisis, not only on building new homes and apartments but refurbishing and making others fit for living.

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