John Halligan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am really taken aback that it would take this route. I did not think it would countenance a reduction of even one percentage point in the 20% requirement. The Minister of State and everybody else knows that allowing builders to lease housing back to councils is not going to work. The builders out there tonight must be rubbing their hands together with glee because this will lead to more profit for them. I am really taken aback by this. I do not see the need for it. When councillors throughout the country from all parties read into this in detail, I think they will be taken aback and shocked.

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