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

The issue of exempted development was raised and we dealt with it at the Cabinet sub-committee at the beginning of the week to set in train measures to facilitate that. I welcome what appears to be a broad welcome from the Opposition as well in respect of that. Perhaps the Social Democrats are not in favour of it but Sinn Féin seems to be welcoming it anyway. We will have to move the issue quickly. As I have said here repeatedly, every avenue has to be looked at in terms of increasing housing supply. Regarding the Deputy's point about people in rural Ireland who can develop housing on their own land or their parents' land, we have to look at existing guidelines to facilitate capacity for young couples, in particular, to do that. I will come back to the Deputy on that.

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