Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Does it concern the Minister that this could happen to the strategic development zone and land previously in State ownership? It has such an importance for delivering housing. When that flipping of land occurs, does it prompt the Minister to think we cannot afford to way to get the public housing we want on that land for whenever the next developer decides to build or not, given there is clear evidence of speculation on this land? Should we not take as much as we can get now and build ourselves, or God knows what will happen on the site? We might never get stuff or it might be drip-fed. It will certainly be way down the line if we are dependent on whoever fancies buying the land for whatever purpose.