Pearse Doherty (Sinn Fein)

The people in the unfinished housing estates do not have the luxury Ministers have of a chauffeur-driven car, a €200,000 pay cheque every year and a sizeable pension. Instead, they must put up with overflowing sewage, untarred roads, out-of-order street lights and estates falling apart. The Minister of State should not be condescending in claiming this report shows matters are not as bad as others claim. It is a disgrace he can make such a claim, especially when he knows that if has a quick look out the window of his chauffeur-driven Merc some time, he will see many half-finished estates.