Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not disagree. I know from my meeting with Donegal County Council that the Housing Agency is now involved in the reassessment of some of the stage 1 applications which, as the Deputy rightly said, are in effect stuck. I want to see them move through. A large number have now gone to stage 2. We are looking at further social homes. I believe we can move on the first tranche of social homes quite quickly. I want to see that scheme move through.

On the matter of pyrrhotite, we want that work concluded as quickly as possible. It is being done independently of me. I am not an engineer. We need the scientific research to be done. I have been clear-----