Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

One could not turn on the television without seeing a programme on how to buy an apartment in the eastern bloc. That is the reality. It was also tempting to provide housing. Every local authority was counselled to rezone as much land as possible and to build as many houses as it could. "Lend as much as we can" was the philosophy of the banks and on all sides of the House no one shouted "Stop".

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