Rebecca Moynihan (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am not supporting this amendment because a properly structured and financed LDA could be a game changer in the delivery of public housing on public land in this State. Fundamentally, I am not happy with how the LDA is structured. I hear much talk about the need to use all facets of the State's capabilities. However, what we have done over the past 30 years in particular has resulted in the State pulling back from the delivery of housing. If the LDA is allowed to provide public housing on public land, and only affordable public housing, it will have the potential to be a game changer and be able to build up capacity.

We must remember that it is not developers that build houses, it is builders. Developers pull together all the parts of the process to allow builders and contractors to build houses. The LDA should be the State's developer that delivers public housing and affordable-----