Niall Collins
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299 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 9 Jun
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Well, it's important that, as I said previously, that we create the environment where the private sector will step in, will build more apartments, will build more private housing.
and enhance the supply that's available.
And equally, the state is playing its part in terms of social, affordable, cost rental, all the different mix of housing policy options that are available to people who need interventions.
And that's also allied with a mix of other supports that are available there in relation
to home dereliction and home vacancy grants to allow people to regenerate older properties.
So it's not about having one fix, but certainly getting the supply up there.
And as I said to you at the outset, we don't in government have the luxury of being able to speak to one side of the debate.
And Rory,
He just won't tell you where he's going to get the extra 11 billion euros that we need to close the gap.
Well, he's saying, yeah, he's saying he's in favour of it, but he's not saying how he's doing it.
You see, you have to give certainty for people to invest.
Can I just finish this point, please?
Can I just address that point?
Saying that you would get it from people's bank accounts, he hasn't demonstrated or confirmed how he would give people, how his policy would give those people who are obviously using their private, he's trying to leverage their private funding, how he would give them certainty in the marketplace.
And if you don't have certainty, people won't put their money
they won't make their money available for investment.
So what government has been trying to do, and I think, yes, it's a difficult journey, but it's a fundamental shift in our public policy.
We've tried to create that certainty where we can harness all of what's available in terms of
private finance to get it into the marketplace to help build and allow the private sector play its part in creating the proper number of housing and residential units.
Well, as I said to you at the top of this interview, the most criticism that I received as a public representative sitting on the government side of the House was from landlords.
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