Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)

I need the Minister to explain the contradiction between the impression he gives about his dealings with NAMA and some possible outcome that he might acquire the properties permanently and the reality of government social housing policy which is, as Deputy Boyd Barrett said, one of long-term leasing where local authorities are required to enter into an arrangement to lease a property for ten or 20 years and, at the end of the period, to restore that property back to its own private owner. This is at the council's expense and the person living in that property is then homeless after ten or 20 years and has no right to buy it. The Minister stated he would like that to be the case. Is the Minister actively reviewing the existing arrangement for long-term leasing?

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