We have only three minutes left to discuss this motion. I shall conclude now as we intend to press the motion. The subject matter of the motion has been emphasised in recent days by a statement made by 16 priests in this country. In the course of that statement they mentioned that housing and land speculation were among the greatest evils in our country. We agree completely with that statement.
Private Members' Business: - Price of Building Land: Motion (Resumed).
Debate resumed on the following motion:
That Dáil Éireann records its grave concern at the continuing increase in the price of building land and the consequent cost of houses to private house purchasers and local authority tenants and calls on the Government, if necessary by taking steps to amend the Constitution, to designate now the land acquired for house building and bring it under community control at prices determined by its previous use.
—(Deputy O'Connell.)
Motion put.
The Dáil divided:—Tá, 44; Níl, 64.
Tá
- Barry, Richard.
- Begley, Michael.
- Belton, Luke.
- Browne, Noel.
- Burke, Joan.
- Burke, Liam.
- Burton, Philip.
- Byrne, Hugh.
- Clinton, Mark A.
- Cluskey, Frank.
- Coogan, Fintan.
- Cooney, Patrick M.
- Corish, Brendan.
- Cott, Gerard.
- Coughlan, Stephen.
- Creed, Donal.
- Crotty, Kieran.
- Cruise-O'Brien, Conor.
- Desmond, Barry.
- Donegan, Patrick S.
- Enright, Thomas W.
- Esmonde, Sir Anthony C.
- Finn, Martin.
- Flanagan, Oliver J.
- Harte, Patrick D.
- Kavanagh, Liam.
- L'Estrange, Gerald.
- Lynch, Gerard.
- McLaughlin, Joseph.
- McMahon, Lawrence.
- Murphy, Michael P.
- O'Connell, John F.
- O'Donnell, Tom.
- O'Donovan, John.
- O'Hara, Thomas.
- O'Higgins, Thomas F.
- O'Reilly, Paddy.
- O'Sullivan, John L.
- Pattison Séamus.
- Spring, Dan.
- Taylor, Francis.
- Thornley, David.
- Timmins, Godfrey.
- Tully, James.
Níl
- Aiken, Frank.
- Allen, Lorcan.
- Andrews, David.
- Boylan, Terence.
- Brady, Philip A.
- Brennan, Joseph.
- Brosnan, Seán.
- Browne, Patrick.
- Browne, Seán.
- Burke, Patrick J.
- Carter, Frank.
- Carty, Michael.
- Colley, George.
- Collins, Gerard.
- Connolly, Gerard C.
- Cowen, Bernard.
- Cronin, Jerry.
- Crowley, Flor.
- Cunningham, Liam.
- Davern, Noel.
- Delap, Patrick.
- deValera, Vivion.
- Dowling, Joe.
- Fahey, Jackie.
- Faulkner, Pádraig.
- Fitzpatrick, Tom. (Dublin Central).
- Flanagan, Seán.
- Foley, Desmond.
- Forde, Paddy.
- French, Seán.
- Gallagher, James.
- Geoghegan, John.
- Gibbons, James.
- Gogan, Richard P.
- Haughey, Charles.
- Healy, Augustine A.
- Herbert, Michael.
- Hillery, Patrick J.
- Hilliard, Michael.
- Hussey, Thomas.
- Kenneally, William.
- Kitt, Michael F.
- Lalor, Patrick J.
- Lemass, Noel T.
- Lenihan, Brian.
- Loughnane, William A.
- Lynch Celia.
- Lynch, John.
- McEllistrim, Thomas.
- Meaney, Thomas.
- Molly, Robert.
- Moore, Seán.
- Noonan, Michael.
- O'Connor, Timothy.
- O'Kennedy, Michael.
- O'Leary, John.
- O'Malley, Des.
- Power, Patrick.
- Sheridan, Joseph.
- Sherwin, Seán.
- Smith, Michael.
- Smith, Patrick.
- Timmons, Eugene.
- Wyse, Pearse.
Tellers:—Tá: Deputies Cluskey and Kavanagh; Níl: Deputies Andrews and Meaney.
Motion declared lost.