Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)

From landlords and developers. Does the Government not see the awful circle? Does it not realise that it must do something about this, and that it is a changed world and people are prepared to accept that there must be a new order? It is said the Irish people give more per capita in times of famine abroad because we have an inherited memory of famine. Equally, we have an inherited memory of dispossession and eviction and we do not want it reinforced by allowing to happen the awful catastrophe which is so clear and coming down the road towards us. The Government has the opportunity to stop this happening and, for once, to break out of the awful cycle that has run this country into the ground.

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