Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

Does Mr. McDonald believe that this might have influenced planning decisions or influenced the light touch regulation that existed during the creation of the bubble and which has been referred to in evidence to the committee? Does he believe that that may have influenced the attitude that political parties took in Dáil Éireann between 1997 and 2007? For example, what role did Opposition parties play at that time in relation to the bubble that was being created?