On Friday we will have the publication of the Finance Bill which will give effect to some of the Government's polices announced on budget day. When will the Government heed expert advice and evidence-based policy? Since budget day we have seen the price of new houses in certain estates soar by €45,000. We are informed by Daft that as a result of the budget announcement on Tuesday, traffic on its website for new homes increased by 130%, yet there are no new homes. What we have now is increased demand as a result of the Government's idiotic policy, which has been taken from Fianna Fáil's proposal for twice the amount of money for new homes. What is happening is a disgrace and the Government needs to stop it now.

This is time for questions not statements.

What is happening is that prices are going up, the Government is creating more demand and there is not enough supply. There cannot be enough supply for new houses to come on stream for at least another two years. Will the Taoiseach listen to the experts and everybody who has criticised this measure and heed the evidence we have seen in the past week of prices getting out of control again?

The experts know all the answers but they rarely have to make decisions. There have been houses sold since the budget that did not increase in price. Deputy Pearse Doherty will always pick the one where prices have increased. Houses have been sold in circumstances where there have been no price increases. The Bill will be published at the weekend and it will deal strictly with the issues that were brought forward by the Minister for Finance in the budget.