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

Of the 7,000 units made available, 2,717 were taken up. That was a poor rate of take-up by the local authorities. Many elected members of local authorities are very critical of NAMA but this was a situation where the local authorities had the opportunity to take up units it was making available. Where were the majority of the units? Were they concentrated in particular counties? Were they in commuter counties or spread throughout the country?