Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

I suggest there should be a sale of the century to enable local authority tenants to purchase their homes, as occurred in the mid-1980s when we were under pressure. We should sell local authority housing at knock-down prices because people want to own their home. An offer should be made to tenants to buy their homes and the money from sales should be diverted into building more local authority housing or to purchase surplus houses. This would be an opportunity. I hope it will be possible to have a Minister from a different Department before the House each week in the coming months to discuss relevant issues.