People are suffering out here. To be fair, that needs to be addressed rather than making a political show out of it.

Allow the Leader to continue without interruption.

I am only pointing out that the reason there is insufficient local authority housing is that we stopped building local authority houses.

The Government slashed capital expenditure in the last four years.

When is the next re-announcement of the jobs strategy?

The primary issue currently facing the housing market is a lack of supply. There is no question about that, particularly in Dublin and in some other urban areas. Increasing public and private housing supply is a critical issue and the Government's construction strategy 2020 is the blueprint to address this. I am sure the Minister will be quite willing to come in very soon to discuss that strategy, which has been welcomed by the construction industry and everybody involved in housing and indeed by local authorities and people on housing lists as well.

That response is poor consolation for those who have been waiting ten years on a local authority-----

The Leader, without interruption.

Is the Senator going to continue-----

I put my point reasonably.