The plan includes 300,000 homes, 90,000 social homes, 36,000 affordable homes, 18,000 cost rental homes and 156,000 being private sector.

The New Housing plan requires an additional 27,500 construction workers and will cost €4 billion per year.

Brendan O'Sullivan, Director of the Centre for Planning Education & Research at University College Cork (UCC), James Benson of the Irish Home Builders Association (IHBA) and Kate English Chief Economist with Cushman and Wakefield and Head of Ireland research and insights join The Last Word to discuss.

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