Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister of State mentioned the 2009 Act and described what is allowed. There is too much flexibility. Deputy Catherine Murphy has been saying that this should be ring-fenced. The amendment gives a considerable amount of scope for where the money should go. It should be narrowed down, even if this involves changing the Act so that the money is ring-fenced. There is too much scope for the money to be used elsewhere. If we are selling off social housing to tenants and not replacing housing and there is flexibility to use the money elsewhere, we are taking the wrong approach.