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

The Report of The Housing Commission was submitted to me on 8 May, as the Deputy will be aware. I thank the commission for its work and the commissioners for three years of detailed work to look at a longer term strategy on housing.

I established the commission. This is the first Government to do that and take a longer-term view. I have no difficulty with contrarian views within it because, even though Deputy Ó Broin might not accept this, all of us do not possess all the knowledge on every housing issue and it is important that we deal with stakeholders.

The report runs to more than 400 pages including appendices, 83 recommendations and 500 actions and sub-actions. While a comprehensive examination of the report will take time, it is immediately clear the radical shift the commission recommends is well under way through the Government's Housing for All plan and other measures. Indeed, a preliminary assessment of the report, which I have published, suggests almost 80% of the commission's recommendations are already either done or at varying stages of implementation.

All aspects of the report will be considered in detail.

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