Mick Clifford: 'Affordable' must have meaning in new Land Development Bill

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien wants to shoo away the ideologues who might slow his march towards achievement, but questions must be asked, writes Michael Clifford

Housing is the most serious bread and butter political issue in the state. File photo: Victoria Jones/PA

Darragh O’Brien is a man to get things done and to hell with ideology. So the Minister for Housing would have you believe, according to his opening speech on this week’s Dáil debate on the Land Development Agency (LDA).

“I am committed to pragmatism over dogmatism and ideology and will leave no stone unturned in addressing the housing crisis,” he said.