Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I am simply giving the facts provided by the ESRI, which would never give anything other than the complete truth in this respect. As I stated yesterday, the Government has examined the existing incentives for people to generate wealth and the Minister for Finance has named those whom he believes should be eliminated. As we had that debate yesterday, there is no need to go back over such issues again.

Moreover, the developments in respect of affordable housing that have taken place are quite interesting. The Deputy is aware that currently in many cases, in some sectors, there is almost over-capacity in the affordable housing market, where people are not switching or——

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