Batt O'Keeffe (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

One would have expected their research to have been complete rather than half-baked. One would also have expected their honesty and declared lack of gall, which they would attribute to others, to have divorced them from the sound bite in order to deal with the facts.

I wish to set out the facts on the hollow block issue. It is important when one receives information under the Freedom of Information Act that one reads the full text. In the information concerned, one would have read that it could adversely impact on hollow block manufacturers who generally also manufacture solid blocks. However, one would also have read that it would have an adverse impact on the house building capacity in Dublin where hollow block construction is used as a quicker and cheaper method of house construction.