Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not accept the presentation on Housing for All because we have seen housing supply very significantly increase. There were fewer than 7,000 homes built in 2011 when my party and Deputy Bacik's went into government after the financial crash. That figure will be closer to 40,000 this year. I agree that there is a need for new targets. I also agree that there is a need to significantly increase the scale of ambition for the second half of this decade. That will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet committee on housing, which is to be scheduled very shortly. I am hoping it can take place by the end of this month.

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