Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

And free from nonsense - I agree. This is in order that we can build quality housing. We need to encourage the supply of houses. If we look at the figures on what was built last year, fewer than 9,000 units were built when we should be building 25,000 or 30,000 per annum.

I point out to Deputy Coppinger that we have to create a sustainable property market. I do not fly the flag for those living in mansions on Ailesbury Road. I have never been in one and I have no desire to go into one. I represent the person who is struggling to live life every day, who is in negative equity because of the policies pursued by a Government that went from boom to bust.

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