Francis Noel Duffy (Dublin South West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I congratulate the Minister on the work he and his Department are doing in housing in the country and in reaching targets we have set in the programme for Government. However, as the State is due to receive more than €14 billion in unpaid tax from Apple, and as discussions are going on with where to invest these funds, we can all agree in the Chamber that it is imperative that some of this money goes into housing. The Green Party is proposing an extra €2 billion goes on top of current housing expenditure to allow for the increased delivery of social and affordable cost-rental housing, which would hopefully, going forward, meet the demand considering the projected population increases and, importantly, resolve the supply deficit we inherited. While an additional €2 billion is not much from the €14 billion from the Exchequer, will he consider that investment?

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