Niall Blaney (Fianna Fail)

The Minister of State is very welcome. I commend the ongoing efforts at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, with the senior Minister and the Ministers of State. I find it laughable to hear some of the comments from the Opposition, particularly the previous speaker, in relation to developers. Who are we going to depend on to build these houses that we all so badly need? They are constantly put down. No other part of society would accept it. I never heard one solution from any of them. This idea that developers took 40% of those cases against the Department and the State and that it was all down to greed, there is absolutely no basis for it and the remark should be withdrawn. It was a disgraceful remark.