Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Let me put this in plain English. The Taoiseach has said that we are going to comply with these rules and Mr. McCarthy is repeating what the Taoiseach said. The people left waiting for homes or spending nearly two-thirds of their income on astronomical rents are the collateral damage of those rules. Speaking as economists and financial experts, do the witnesses have no views on this? Do they think that the collateral damage of this kind of policy is acceptable? Do they not think that there should be movement to change those rules? I understand if they feel they cannot comment.