Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Fine Gael)

I do not accept the Minister's response. Clearly, his Department was asleep at the wheel in a similar manner to the Financial Regulator. If he was on top of his brief he would have known what was happening on the ground. What is needed is hope for home owners. What hope will he give to home owners where developers have left and are bankrupt and NAMA is now in control of the housing estates? What provision will he include in his departmental accounts to pick up the tab and put these housing estates to right in order that people can get on with their lives and live in housing estates which do not have any health and safety risks?

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