Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Sorry to interrupt, but how were these models tested? For example, approaches were made to me by people who wanted to invest in housing, as I am sure they were to everyone else, and I rejected them because it did not give to my constituents what I thought should be made available to them, that is, affordable housing within their reach. If someone is intervening in the market, does one presume that they are there for the purpose of providing money for the market in order that people can be housed or are they intervening for a profit for themselves first and then go on from there? Any intervention there is negative for the constituent.