Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

Okay. I am finishing on that now. The proof is that workers have told me they are not getting payslips and they work on the Dolphin regeneration project. Officials from the Department of Finance or wherever can look into it.

I am sure it is quite depressing for those who, believe it or not, occasionally listen in to these debates, that we are not hearing any announcement of a change in policy or that maybe the Minister needs a bit of time to make a change. There is no way we can resolve the scale of the housing crisis through relying primarily on the private sector through HAPS, RAS and all these schemes. It seems it is difficult to get a movement in society around this issue, like we got on the water charges or on other issues because people are in such dire straits. That is the only way I can see pressure being brought to get change from Fine Gael. Fianna Fáil is not fundamentally different - maybe there is a nuance of a difference. Does the Minister see that it is just not possible? Unless there is public affordable housing on a major scale, we will see people suffering in this way.