Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

That is because a great deal of the value is now in the cost of land. The developers are trying to recover every cent they lost during the bust. It is our job to make sure they cannot profiteer on the backs of people who need housing and that instead we have a fair playing field for them and also for the young couple, perhaps both working in the Minister's Department, who have built up a deposit for a house and want to buy a family home in which to reside. They should be the Minister's first priority and all the other individuals and couples like that who want to buy a house.

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