James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to ask the Tánaiste about housing data that came out in recent days. It is, to some degree, worrying. Twice in the State's history in the past 15 years, we had two comprehensive national plans - the national economic recovery plan in 2011 and the State's response to Covid - where everything came in under one roof to try to solve the issue. Is this something that could be looked at in the new programme for Government, under the guise of infrastructure or through the Department of the Taoiseach, to try to get responsibility in one area because we know in government that when it is the responsibility of everybody, it is the responsibility of nobody? Is this a way in which this could be fixed or improved upon?

See this speech in context