Noel Ahern (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail)

If the Deputy wants, I will broaden the period in question to include the 1970s. We are spending €240 million per year trying to put right some past policies that were based on keys and numbers. Numbers are important, but so is quality. In recent years, everything that has been built has been of the highest quality. There was a time when local authority houses stuck out for a mile, but some of the new houses are of fine design. In many cases, they are better built than private homes. That is the way it should be.

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