Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

I heard the Taoiseach during Leaders' Questions trying to distract from the reality that, if the leaks are accurate, the Housing Commission's report is absolutely damning for the Government. The Taoiseach seems to accept the fact that it calls for a radical reset of housing policy. It would not be calling for that if housing policy was basically correct. It reveals we have "one of the highest levels of public expenditure for housing, yet one of the poorest outcomes". Why is that? It is because Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael prefer to funnel billions of euro to private developers and corporate landlords as opposed to using money directly through a State construction company to build housing. The Taoiseach spoke earlier defending the idea of developer-led planning because they are the ones who build housing.

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