Mr. Conn Murray:

We come from similar backgrounds, so I understand perfectly the importance of local authority estates and how good they are. However, I have also lived the challenge of managing housing in Limerick and seen how a policy from the 1970s has destroyed many lives, which have had to be rebuilt. I have seen the NAMA figures being bandied about, and I examinee at what was offered in my location. Of the houses offered, 20 were holiday homes and golf estates. That is absolutely unacceptable in the context of what we are trying to do. In other instances sites, rather than houses, were offered. They were rejected for good reasons; they were not acceptable for the type of need we have to meet and the locations required at this point in time. We would not refuse houses unnecessarily; I assure the Deputy of that. Our job is to try to provide as many people with homes as we can, but we have to do it as best we can in the context of what is on offer.