Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

The Housing Bill is on Committee Stage in the Seanad. The Minister will bring forward a Finance Bill to give effect to many of the budgetary announcements. If a legislative base is required, that may be the mechanism for that proposal. The Attorney General will provide advice to us on the apartments question, which was raised by another Member on yesterday's Order of Business. We will seek to have that raised as soon as possible.

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