Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach has told me several times that the Pyrite Levy Bill is being withdrawn but it is still on the clár. If it is being withdrawn, on the advice of the Attorney General as I understand it, how will the construction industry and the quarry industry be held to account by the Government? Is it the Government's intention to withdraw the Bill?

I support what Deputy Walsh said earlier about housing. The rental accommodation scheme has all but collapsed, with many landlords refusing to accept rent supplement. In my constituency there are approximately 5,000 families on the housing waiting list. To go back to the Tánaiste's previously expressed policies, is the Government considering embarking on a major and significant social housing programme? Some of the Deputies behind the Tánaiste and next to me would strongly support a vibrant social housing programme to address the huge problems we have, with 100,000 families on the housing waiting lists.

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