Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

I do not know who else the Deputy expects to build houses. The capacity of the construction industry has expanded in recent years, thankfully, so it is now able to meet demand by providing up to 80,000 houses per annum. That contrasts with an annual average of between 30,000 and 35,000 houses when Deputy Burton's party was last in office.

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