Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

What we intend to do is to continue to build on the progress we are making. I have been in Longford and other places across the country many times. We have dealt with ten years of significant housing supply. Thankfully, since this Government came into office, we have delivered 110,000 new homes. I have been in Longford many times and have seen the fantastic new homes being built there. We need to keep working and double down to deliver more homes for people.

We will never turn this around in two or three years. We have a plan that is backed, that is being implemented and that is financed. What we are doing is in stark contrast what the Deputy's party has to offer. We have brought forward supports, such as the waiver of the development levy which Sinn Fein opposed. It then came in the following week and said it does not oppose the levy. To be fair, it is very serious issue. Across the board, we need a stable private rental market. Sinn Fein's housing spokesperson's comments on the private rental market are driving landlords out of and removing properties from the market. What people say has consequences.

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