Departmental Functions
Dail Éireann — 2022-02-09
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

Leasing is not the big story anymore. The Deputy knows that. We will directly build 9,500 houses.
To respond to Deputy Ó Murchú, as I said, the 2% limit on rent increases came in last December. It is now February. It will take some time to bed in. I take his point that supply will take time. I appreciate his candour and honesty about that. There were 30,000 commencements last year. We need more than 30,000 every year for the next ten years.

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Sitting date: 2022-02-09