Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

Does the Taoiseach accept that there are thousands of people on the social housing list in Dublin and hundreds of these have applied for the shared ownership scheme? Will the Taoiseach acknowledge that applications from these people are, to all intents and purposes, a waste of time, given the restrictive ceiling figures that apply for this scheme in the respective four authority areas cited by me? What will the Taoiseach do to tackle house prices and to tackle the need of the many thousands of families — over 44,000 identifiable household units — across this State, many of whom are in the city of Dublin? Will he, for instance, reinstate Part V of the Planning and Development Act, that he diluted in 2002 at the behest of developers and speculators? Will he also consider compulsory purchase orders in respect of land for the provision of much-needed housing, as is done for the provision of roads?

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