Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

He is working through the details. He is stepping up the office itself and will provide leadership when it comes to the actual person who may be appointed in time around that particular office. It is to co-ordinate delivery in the provision of an increased supply of homes across our economy. We acknowledge that there is an infrastructure deficit and that there is a need for additionality across water, energy, transport and housing. That is why we are taking a strategic approach, having an early review of the national development plan and prioritising key areas in those four sectors I have referenced, all with the central focus of increasing the supply of homes across our economy. We have historic increases in the provision of direct support for social and affordable housing. A significant proportion of the homes delivered last year were through the direct contribution of the State. The Deputy will see, through the national development plan, a serious uplift in the context of those four areas that will support infrastructure delivery to increase the supply of homes.

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