James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)

The Government, Fianna Fáil in particular, is wonderful at keeping statistical information on people. They almost know where everyone slept last night or ate this morning. The Government should have foreseen these problems some years ago. The Central Statistics Office has information on the number of new homes built, many of which are now part of ghost estates in which serious problems have occurred. I want promises made by the Minister of State, Deputy Mansergh, to be delivered on. The Minister of State visited the midlands on four or five occasions and promised the people the sun, moon and stars.

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