Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 19 May 2016
Committee on Housing and Homelessness
Tyrrelstown Residents
10:30 am
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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-----if we are seen to cave in to that and to move away from the pressure created by the venture capitalists, then we have lost before we start. I strongly urge that we keep that in mind. I know what people will say to that. I expect venture capitalists in those sorts of circumstances to recognise that if they have bought properties - under whatever conditions - there are people in situwho have an expectation of remaining there for some considerable time until the State or other agencies can resolve the problem. We may disagree on it but I sat across the table from the same venture capitalists to whom the Chairman is referring.