Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Does the Minister know that the countries in Europe with the largest rental sectors, the most landlords and the most investors, are also the countries in Europe with the strongest forms of rent regulation? Does he know, as regards constructive proposals, about those in the Housing Europe report commissioned by one of Fianna Fáil's MEPs about how to get billions of euro of funding into affordable house? Does he know about those and why is he not taking on board those constructive proposals? I asked the Minister about the 60,000 homes commenced last year. That is not correct; 60,000 commencement notices were filed but 60,000 homes were not commenced last year. Many of those sites are lying idle. Will he withdraw what he said on that? We do not need more misinformation and misclaims from this Government. Will he answer my questions? Does he think people voted for tax breaks for investment funds? Why did he not mention those during the election and why was he not upfront about those proposals?

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