Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I think the Minister has been so long in office that he believes the publicity that has been issued by various Ministers. I can show him prefabs in County Laois and the Deputy seated beside me has said that she can show him prefabs in Dublin city. There are still prefabs in place. The Government's press releases might not indicate that. The Government is now moving on to build prefab housing instead of permanent homes for people. There needs to be a proper assessment and a value for money report on that. An amount of €30,000 will bring a vacant house into full occupation for a family versus the temporary measure that is being taken. These are the issues about which people want to speak. When one is on the campaign trail and asks people about their postcode, they look at one with a blank face. Nobody has ever used it and they do not know what it is. I do not think that any of the courier or delivery companies know how to operate it. Yet the Irish people, through one form or another, have had to pay for these issues. While we have had a new Department merely allocating expenditure, there is no proof that the Minister can objectively show that we have got better value for money by the establishment of his new Department.

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