David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Did the Department see it coming that rents would get to such an unsustainable level and be such a huge element of people's incomes? Did it see it coming that the vast majority of people in need of social housing would not have those needs met by local authorities but by the private rental sector and in so doing that would push up the price of rents? Was that foreseen by the Department? I refer to being in the position we in are today.