Martin Conway (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, is very welcome to the House. I acknowledge the Minister of State's endeavours are genuine and I commend him on the work that he does. It is important to point out that nearly 100,000 houses have been built since 2011. That is a fairly significant number. Absolutely it is not enough. Clearly it is not enough but it is 100,000 families and people who are now in a home, many of which are social houses. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, visited Clare two weeks ago, where he opened four beautiful state-of-the-art housing developments across the county: one each in Miltown Malbay and Tulla, and two in Ennis. These will accommodate 119 families. It is not correct to say that nothing is being done. It is absolutely correct, however, to say that not enough being done