Arising out of the Minister's somewhat complacent replies to four questions in relation to the apparent absence of any housing crisis, can I ask him to put on the record of the House that he is not concerned about the prospect of a housing crisis in Dublin city, having regard to the fact that for the first time since 1930 Dublin Corporation have no plans to build houses anywhere, either in the city or in the county?

I dislike the inference of complacency on the part of the Minister. That is unkind of the Deputy, to say the least——

It is the only deduction that can be taken from the replies.

Please, Deputy Quinn, you have asked a question. Let the Minister reply.

I take it the Deputy does not mean it in the way it sounded.

I do. I mean every word of it.

I can assure the Deputy that housing matters receive quite an amount of my time. I make the best use possible of the funds that are available to me to deal with the biggest problems we have. Should it transpire that there is a need to alter that arrangement for a different usage of the available funding, then I can tell Deputy McCartan that, of course, I would be happy to consider doing so.

A final supplementary——

I am calling Deputy Stagg.