Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

Measures that encourage greater levels of female participation in the workforce include tax incentives, making child income support more neutral vis-À-vis the employment status of parents and a greater commitment to flexible and family-friendly working arrangements. I was astonished by Deputy Eamon Ryan's reference to a "speculative housing boom". The so-called speculative housing boom was a response to the demand of thousands of young Irish people to buy their own homes. It is a clear sign——

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