Seanad debates

Wednesday, 10 December 2003

Report on Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion. - Local Authority Funding: Motion.

 

On the issue of the provision of serviced land, we have all heard the cry that there are not sufficient houses. If a house comes on the market in my constituency, ten to 15 people look at it. The whole point of local authority funding is to provide serviced land. When one provides funding to increase the levies which pay for these services to be put in place, one is castigated for doing so. In the next breath people say there are not enough houses. One cannot have one without the other. There should be a balance between the two. The housing supply must be increased. House building has increased to such an extent that we have 57,695 houses, almost 10% up on last year. That is the fastest rate of growth in Europe. We are producing more houses than the UK per head of population.

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