John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Furthermore, in response to Senator Michael D'Arcy's question about the 2005 figures for commercial property in Ireland, how it was a record year and it trebled in 2006, Ms Hunt stated that "it would not be unusual" for such a trebling. Why would it not have been unusual? Surely, a record year such as 2005, and a trebling of that the following year, would have provoked some thought?