Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)

I agree that the report of the advisory group is very important and we need to see that. Up to 2,000 NAMA properties were supposed to come on stream before Christmas, but we ended up with around 800 that were suitable for housing, for different reasons. I hope the other properties can be made available at some stage. That commitment was given before Christmas and there is a huge social housing waiting list. We need to find out why those houses did not become available.

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