I welcome that the Government supported Sinn Féin's motion on affordable housing last night, albeit by accident, it seems. The Government may have been asleep at the wheel again. I want the Taoiseach to tell the people of my constituency in counties Meath and Westmeath, many of whom pay huge rents with little hope of owning a home, what he and the Government will do to deliver on the commitments contained in our motion last night to deliver affordable homes for a maximum price of €230,000, cap rents at €900 and double capital investment on housing to €2.8 billion.

We will do what the Deputy's party will not do, namely, get as many houses and apartments built as we can. That means everybody has to be on board at local level when schemes come up. There is a housing crisis. It is the issue for younger generations who aspire to own homes, people who cannot get off HAP into social housing and people on social housing lists. We need to support projects when they come before councils, get them over the line and get houses built-----