Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I do not understand the logic. The Taoiseach did not answer the specific question on the logic of long-term leasing when we could be buying the properties. Why would a local authority - or any of us - enter into a 20-year lease for a dwelling that we could buy for the same money? This does not make sense, unless it is a great favour for the people from whom the properties are being leased.

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