Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I have expressed my concern. This is an area in respect of which the Government should be more careful. I am not casting aspersions on the individual involved. I am stating that when we make appointments, we must take on board the need to avoid conflicts of interest. When the Taoiseach announced the Land Development Agency, I expressed serious concerns of a similar nature. This is not disconnected from the same philosophy that brought us the Land Development Agency and I am disappointed, given such a terrible housing crisis, that the Government is getting the foxes to mind the chickens. It is of great concern. I have real concerns about the way in which the Government is dealing with the housing crisis. While I realise it is nothing to do with the Minister-----

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