Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On a point of order, I want to correct the record in regard to Deputy Catherine Murphy's contribution. I did not say it was a mistake. I said it must be a mistake because I could not understand, as I and others have alluded to, that no reference or message has been received by the Labour Party from the electorate in regard to the recent election result. One of its core social requirements in the provision of housing is to be abandoned with the proposals contained in this legislation. In this amendment, where we are asking for one word to be changed, that one word means a lot. Obviously, it does not mean much to the proposers of the legislation.

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