Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)
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I had to pop out for another engagement, so I apologise if there is any duplication. I want to talk about HAP, if it has not already been spoken about. It is a case of the old joke about how you get to Cahersiveen. The punchline is, "I would not start from here." I certainly would not start from here with HAP, but it is clearly not something we can just bring an end to. The expenditure this year was over half a billion euro. It involves a really substantial transfer of public moneys to private landlords or landowners. Do we know how much the State has paid for it since its instigation in 2014? I refer to both HAP and RAS.