Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are told now that the Labour Party is taking over responsibility for the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to control the housing agenda. This must be a great surprise to Deputies Penrose and Jan O'Sullivan, who have held responsibility for housing at Cabinet for the past three and a half years. Who do people think they are codding? The Labour Party has had responsibility for housing policy for the past three and a half years, as the former Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, is well aware.

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