John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have an aside for Dr. Casey, which I hope will be taken the right way. I hope he is being looked after. His beard and hair get longer every time we have a meeting and he is beginning to remind me of Tom Hanks in "Cast Away". I hope he is not cast away in the wilderness with a basketball called Gilbert for company. It is nice to see him. I mean that in a jovial way.

The Department of Finance disagrees with the ESRI about substantial extra funding for a public house-building programme. What is IFAC's view on that? To paraphrase the Department, it stated that it would get us into much financial trouble and would leave the State exposed to serious, significant risks.