Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will mention a couple of things. I do not agree with a lot of what Deputy Gould has said but that will not surprise him at all. Looking at the numbers, output has increased by 10,000 in a year and the number of social housing units built is the highest since 1975. I put it to Deputy Gould that it would probably be higher if his party colleagues did not object to housing all over the country.

With regard to Croí Cónaithe, in fairness to the Deputy, he has broken party ranks on the scheme. He has actually asked me about extending it on a number of occasions and has brought forward cases where people have not got the grant or grant approval while his colleague who was sitting here earlier on and his party would abolish the Croí Cónaithe vacancy grant.