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

We came forward with the help to buy scheme and the first home scheme, now called the bridge the gap scheme, which the Deputy opposed.

That is helping a lot of first-time buyers. I accept that prices are too high and I accept that until we get more supply, we will not get into a position where we can moderate house prices. We need more supply. That is the key but the supply will have to be provided through State intervention but also through private sector investment. It is not either-or. I think the Deputy's position is that it is either public or nothing.

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