Mr. Conor O'Donnell:

-----that should not be in the blocks. I am lucky that I got in on the old scheme – Ms Murphy urged me to do so – because my house is being built now, and I feel sorry for the people in Clare or any other county who are trying to get through under the current damage threshold. Prices are only going to escalate. The SCSI published a report in October. According to that, prices had increased by 12% in the preceding 12 months and 21% in the 12 months prior. Builders and builders’ merchants have not knocked the €23,000 off the prices. It is still there.