John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will have to ask the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, to respond to the Deputy directly on privately built local authority housing and local authority purchased housing and the figures for this year. This is another situation that is not uniform across the country. I am acutely aware of what Deputy Feighan said earlier. There are still chunks of the country, and I suspect there will be more, where existing second-hand units or new build construction will be delivered cheaper than housing provided directly by the local authority. I understand it is acutely different in large parts of the country. I come from a very rural part of the south east where the situation is more balanced. As I said, I am recording the questions and I will get the Minister to respond directly to the specific question the Deputy asked.

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