Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Anti-Austerity Alliance) | Oireachtas source

It is a little surprising that as the Minister is travelling around the country, including a visit to Waterford last week, he has not met representatives of the key councils which are experiencing this problem. I ask him to meet the management of these councils. The councillors are powerless in the sense of bringing forward proposals. There is not a problem with CEOs acquiring houses. There is no end of houses for them and it is a little disingenuous to equate the two.