Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)

The Minister of State may well shrug and ask from where I am getting those figures. However, in any auctioneering firm in north or south Dublin, the average three or four-bedroom house costs €350,000 to €400,000 at present. A year from now it will cost €500,000.

If the Minister of State was under 30 years of age, would he be able to get a mortgage of €500,000? I do not believe so.

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