Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

No. I genuinely believe this Government can approach the end of its tenure pointing to the fact that there are very many more homes of a whole variety of different tenures in Ireland now that were not there before this Government came to office. By any objective measure, not only have we hit targets, but we have actually exceeded targets as well.

While I appreciate the constructive way in which Deputy Bacik engages on this important matter, I find it odd when people say the targets were set too low. I remember that not that long ago in this House, only a couple of years ago, people were saying we would not hit those targets and doubting that those targets would ever be realised. When you then hit the target and exceed it, all of a sudden the target was too low.

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