Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

A Cheann Comhairle, if you would not mind, I am trying to speak with this going on in the corner.

He gave up after two months of house hunting, as there was nothing affordable within a reasonable distance by public transport from work. He could not secure preschool places for the kids, as they had no permanent address. The man returned to Greece disheartened. In conclusion, the housing crisis the Minister of State is presiding over is knocking on and flowing into the education sector, the health service, other services and all of society. It is a disaster. The Government has failed, the market has failed and it is time for real change.

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