Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

I remind the Tánaiste, in the middle of her conversation, that if questions tabled by Members of the House that were relevant to her Department had been answered in the House, we would not have had the embarrassing situation we had in recent weeks.

I will give the Ceann Comhairle the following example. It was a question to the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, yesterday, asking about the number of home choice loans made to or through applications to the various local authorities in the past 12 months. It received the following answer, which sums up my point. The Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government replied that more 1,400 prospective purchasers-----

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