Martin Daly (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Of course, the solution to all of this is to drive the provision of housing right through the different sectors - social, affordable and private. I welcome the new planning framework which will hopefully drive and allow local authorities to redraw their county development plans and deliver that housing.

I visited two modular factories during the week. One was in Lidan in Roscommon that produces schools for the Department of education. It will also be able to produce housing. I also visited GreenFrame, a steel-framed modular housing factory between Ballinasloe and Ballyforan which is in south Roscommon and is in a rural area. These people have assured me they can scale up and produce as many houses as we need but we have to address the whole planning issue and the provision of serviced lands. If the Minister is in Galway, I invite him to visit both of those factories with me. I think he will be highly impressed.

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