Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed)
Dail Éireann — 2020-06-10
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Damien English (FG), Meath West

I do not know. I will check for the Deputy. She asked me a question about one county. I am not responsible for every person county councils employ; the councillors are. However, I will check the position.
The Deputy and I disagree on the accusation that I constantly spin things. I do not spin. That is why I will always fight back. I deal with facts and they are always facts. We might not agree with the delivery or how we get there. Deputy Connolly does not like it, but over 10,000 new houses are in the system that were not there last year. That is not sufficient success but it is a big improvement on the 500 that were built four or five years ago.
What we will agree on is the ambition for Galway. Galway needs more houses, both private and social. We totally agree on that. That is what we have to drive on. Under the Action Plan for Housing, Galway has a greater delivery in the latter two years than it had in the first three because of its difficulties with land management.

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Sitting date: 2020-06-10