Susan O'Keeffe (Labour) | Oireachtas source

Thank you, Chair. Just following up, Mr. Cowen, on those remarks you were making about the well-planned and affordable housing. In the April 2006 census, there were 266,000 vacant housing units - that had gone up from 230,000 vacant housing units in 2005, gone up from 140,000 in 2002. How can you explain the idea that we wanted well-planned, affordable houses with the number of vacant houses that are evident from these figures and did you ... were you aware of those figures?