Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

The information is clearly wrong, and the Taoiseach should acknowledge that to the House.

In the context of its work on housing, has the cross-departmental team examined the report of the National Economic and Social Council, which states that 73,000 new units of social housing will be required between now and 2012? If it has not done so, will the Taoiseach undertake to the House to encourage it to address the NESC report with a view to its implementation? That is the critical point.

Given that some 40% of people in the private rented sector receive rent supplement or allowance — money that goes directly into the landlord's coffers, into a very——

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