Noel Rock (Dublin North West, Fine Gael)
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327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the challenges which are standing in the way of increasing the housing supply at a faster than normal rate in view of the extent of the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18219/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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I refer to the reply to Question No. 339 of 4 April, 2017.

In addition, building on the early actions taken to make affordable housing more viable through revised apartment guidelines, reforming the development contribution regime, and streamlining the planning regime for large-scale housing developments, several initiatives such as the €226 million funding of enabling infrastructure to open up major housing sites are already underway to make residential property delivery viable, at a far greater scale, and at more generally affordable prices and rents.

I believe that, through the range of actions currently being progressed through Rebuilding Ireland to increase the supply of homes across all tenures, the Government has created the conditions required for the restoration of a more sustainable and normally functioning housing market, capable of providing homes at affordable price points to buy or rent, where and when they are required.