James Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)

We only have to look at the level of quality housing that has been delivered. Considering the level of money the Department of housing has been managing in terms of funding AHBs to deliver projects, for example, very few projects have had an actual delivery issue. This is a credit to the AHBs but it is also a credit to the Department of housing working with the AHBs to ensure these projects are of quality, of value and needed. It is not a case of simply approving anything that comes in. I do not accept that there are delays. There are processes that need to be followed. If we were not doing this, we would be back in here and I would be answering for why I was not ensuring value for money, quality assessments were not being carried out and those processes were not in place. If we were not doing that, I have no doubt we would have incidences, unfortunately, as we do in any walk of life, of money being misapplied.