David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I accept that and I am very interested in learning lessons from the past. Therefore, when I look at the supply of houses now, I am conscious of what happened before, where there might have been an oversupply to speculators who bought houses to make money and speculated on the price of houses. I would much prefer if properties were being sold and given to families who need them and will own them, rather than having huge swathes of homes bought by speculators and companies which are being established to buy up some of these properties. I am interested in the breakdown of that figure. Once I get that, it will give me the answer. Unfortunately, we do not have it today, although I appreciate the points made.