Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We are accelerating the building of social housing. In tandem with the construction sector we are building more houses.We are improving the public realm across the country. As Senator Colm Burke said, more people are back at work. One of the things associated with people being back at work is the need for housing. It must be recognised that the Fianna Fáil-led Governments decimated the construction industry. That is the bottom line. For the first time, we have a Minister with an accountable target for the number of houses to be provided. I ask Senators to come with me to Tramore Road in Cork where yesterday the Minister opened a new social housing scheme, the quality of which one would not see anywhere else.