Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not speculating. I do not have a clue what it may do. The council might pass it the first time. I believe all of us in life have some contingency plans if it happens that it goes the other way. I have been disappointed, where it has gone the other way in other councils, and this is something that has happened around the country, that the chief executives have not used their powers to move this on, because where urgent housing is needed and people are living in subhuman conditions, I do not believe we can afford to have it held up. I will be straight in saying that, in those situations, if neither acts, the Government should act to ensure housing is for all, as our slogan says.