Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

One of the challenges we have, and it will remain a challenge irrespective of what gets said, is how we balance the unprecedented level of State investment in housing with private sector investment in housing, because if we want to get to 50,000 homes per year, we are going to have to do that. That will need fairly focused, specific change in what we have been doing. I acknowledge that.

I have said we are disappointed we did not reach our targets, and I regret that very strongly, but it just redoubles my effort to have an honest look-----

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