John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Before the Minister makes his final response, I wish to make one or two brief points. He might address Deputy Brendan Ryan's question inquiring if there are specific actions or steps we could take to front-load any of the supply? I take account of the Minister's point about the process, but there is an emergency and that was the context of the Deputy's question.

Deputy Brophy made a point that is worthy of reflection and I saw the Minister nod his head in response to it. In his opening statement he spoke about people who might be earning the average industrial wage of €32,000 buying a €200,000 property. That is what is being bought by local authorities in the suburbs. There is that competition in the Dublin market between those houses going from potentially private first-time buyers into social housing. That is the point the Deputy was making. Ultimately, there is a total supply and capacity issue.