Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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I know you are but I am trying to get this point across and it is very frustrating. When you are starting with a blank canvas on every scheme, how can you stop that? You cannot stop it. You have to get away from starting with a blank canvas. The only blank canvas should be for the site layout and design. For the units, there is nothing wrong with using a standard design. All the private builders used them in the 1970s and they are still using them. I see houses similar to the one I live in built by private housing contractors. I can see them around the country, almost identical. They are the same type of house.