John Gerard Hanafin (Fianna Fail)

I support the calls for a debate on housing. Some 170,000 new houses were built in the UK last year and some 67,000 new houses have been built in Ireland this year, a remarkable achievement.

I join the calls for a debate on Iraq. I have come to the conclusion that the way to end war is not with war, as was suggested with the war to end all wars, but with peace. I am disturbed by what is happening in Iraq and I believe we would benefit by having a debate. I regard the United States as a benevolent big brother and I am disturbed to see things happening which I do not associate with the American people or with their aspirations. I would welcome a debate on this matter.