Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is saying that people will be locked into a situation. I have demonstrated that the new system is not working. The Government's solutions have not worked to date. If in a year's time the Minister can show that they are working, then perhaps one could consider it. As with the unemployment trap the Minister mentioned, will she come in here next year and propose getting rid of the rent supplement because the same logic applies? It is the wrong approach completely. I do not advocate that the money be given to the banks or the landlords, but the Government is not putting the money saved from this and other measures aside to build social housing, which is required in both cases.

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