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

However, I pointed out that the price of private housing is being jacked up by developers, some of whom have been through NAMA and have had the largesse of the taxpayer put in front of their feet. They are also getting money from the NTMA through Activate Capital, for example, and they are shooting up the price of houses. The Minister is either powerless to do anything about it or he does nothing about it.