Joe Flaherty (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Kelleher.

IIP and PII are like twins. We all agree we have to build more houses. That is obvious. I do not accept the theory that they, the investors, are the bogey. That is all wrong. It is important that we get investors into the market. Builders tell us it is hard to get investors into construction at present.

We got burned in the past when we looked at tax incentives and no political party more so than mine got burned as a result of policies that we pursued at the time. What we are doing in both forestry and land leasing at present is very much based on tax reliefs. Would IIP and PII say there is argument that we need to consider that again, albeit cautiously, for construction?