Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not wish to drag out the questioning, but did Kilkenny County Council receive compensation for the houses that were provided, either to buy or rent them? Who paid? Was it the council through the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government or is a special fund given to the council from a central fund to buy such houses? I am speaking about Kilkenny because that is where I am from, but the same applies to other places throughout the country.