Pat Casey (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will be brief because it is the early hours of the morning. The Minister is bringing in a significant amendment. As he said, it is restoring the hope of owning one's own home and putting it into primary legislation. It is also making the chief executive of each local authority calculate the number of affordable homes that will be required and ensuring that forms part of the county development plan. I would like to say a lot more on the amendment but I am conscious of the time. I must recognise that since we went into government, we have made the restoration of the hope of home ownership a priority for a generation of people who can now aspire to own their own homes. I thank the Minister for the amendment.