Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

If Deputy Ó Caoláin ever has occasion to sit on this side of the House, he will discover that the supply of houses is a market like any other market. It is a market that has seen exceptional demand in recent years as a result of very high rates of economic growth and inward migration to this country. To describe the increased demand for housing as a speculative housing boom is the kind of fantasy to which one is led by Green Party economics. It has nothing to offer the future planning of this country.

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