An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2025-04-29
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

If it is 60%, that is too high. It creates unfair pressure for those, namely young couples or young people generally, who might be endeavouring to buy houses for the first time. I will certainly talk to the Minister for housing and Limerick City and County Council on that issue. The balance has to be right. We want approved housing bodies and councils to be building houses in the first instance. The more social houses we build, the more pressure will be taken off the private sector. We do not want councils or approved housing bodies competing with people who want to buy houses at affordable prices.

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