John Perry (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is a huge demand for social housing at present and there is a massive land bank available. Perhaps Mr. John McCarthy will explain from where that land came. In light of the number of transfers to the Housing Finance Agency - some people availed of this process but others did not - and if one considers the level of indebtedness among local authorities and their inability to pay, one must ask how those authorities could possibly afford to build social housing.