Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

From whom has the Minister of State received his information? Does he go out on the ground himself? I thought he was a decent guy. I asked him to do something about this matter when I brought it to his attention at least four years ago and I repeated that call several times. I was told at first that there was no housing crisis and then I was told that something would be done about it after the Government had studied the matter. I am sorry to say that if it takes the Government as long to study all matters as it has taken the Minister of State to study our housing problems, this country is in for a rude awakening sooner rather than later.

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