Stagg served as a TD from 1987 until 2011. He is a former Labour Party Chief Whip and Minister of State in several departments including transport and environment. He was the Minister for Housing and Energy from 1993 to 1997. He is a former medical technologist in Trinity College Dublin.

As a former Minister for Housing who ramped up social housing from 800 units per year to 10,000 units per year, I know how to resolve the housing problem. Direct building of council and affordable housing through a major state building campaign on public land.

Building social and affordable houses over the next five years under Labour's policy which is to provide 80,000 houses nationwide on public land.

Change how the Department of Housing operates, which seems at present to be blocking the building of council houses resulting in long delays of four years from choosing a site for a housing scheme to construction and occupation.