Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Yes. I will speak briefly to Deputy O'Callaghan's amendment No. 909. I sympathise with what he is trying to do. This is particularly about dealing with the problem of institutional investors - vulture funds, cuckoos or whatever - buying up everything. That is a problem. One thing Deputy O'Callaghan might consider - I am not sure of the answer - is that I am also in favour of, and have in some cases pushed for, the local authorities buying whole blocks. I would not want to preclude that.