Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay. Can I ask a straight question on these sites? Is the Department reticent to develop council estates again? Does the Housing Agency have an ideological issue with the construction of State-owned county council estates of approximately 200 houses? I am asking Mr. McCarthy whether such an ideological barrier exists on the part of the Department or of the Housing Agency. Some of the finest and best constructed estates that were built in my home town were county council estates. Is that day gone now, from the Department's point of view? Is an ideological barrier preventing the development of pure county council housing estates of 200 homes?