Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

Not for those, but there is a problem for some people and we are helping them because we do not want them to go back on the social housing list. That is the reason for the affordable housing scheme.

On price, it is more about affordability than price. In terms of affordability there is the price of the house, the salary of the person, the take-home pay and the interest rate. If we consider the affordable indexes, which are not a perfect animal, the position is not nearly as bad as the price——

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