I will be brief and will not go over points my colleagues have made. The Minister of State used the example of Vienna. I think the minute he said it, he knew he had made a mistake. As has been pointed out, the Minister of State is talking about smaller apartments but they are only a part of it because there is a need for a mix of two-bedroom, three-bedroom and four-bedroom apartments. The Minister of State is proposing apartment after apartment of one-bedroom bedsits. That is what they will nearly end up as. The Minister of State then spoke about space. We have a situation that is like the Celtic tiger all over again, because houses are being built and there are no parks, playgrounds or open spaces. A vulture fund bought up a building in the Blackpool, the late-night pharmacy. It was the only business left. They previously got rid of the gym, they got rid of the doctors' surgery and they got rid of the hairdresser. The only reason they did not get rid of late-night pharmacy is it had a ten-year lease. This vulture fund then came in. There are apartments in Blackpool that are empty right at this minute. This Government always seems to play up to the vulture funds, to the speculators and to the big money, but what does it get? I come from Knocknaheeny, and when Knocknaheeny was built 50 years ago the Government at the time made a decision to build housing 20% smaller with substandard material. Does the Minister of State know what is happening now? For the past 20 years Knocknaheeny has been in the middle of a regeneration that is going to cost €100 million. The Government goes away and takes shortcuts, and then years later the consequences come out. We are making very reasonable points about what we are proposing. We talk about renters. The Minister of State referred to the Vienna model where Deputy Sheehan said the average rent is €600 per month. The average rent in Dublin is over €2,000 per month. The average rent being paid by people in Dublin and in Cork is €2,500 to rent an apartment. Those apartments are only small, with fewer windows and are darker, and the Minister of State thinks that is right. It is a mistake.

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