Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

All of this is happening on the Government's watch. This is the Government's policy in action. Meanwhile and without regard to ability to pay, citizens are to be charged for their water, which is a basic human necessity and right. This is the Government's policy in action. There are 110,366 households in mortgage distress and at any given time an average 5,000 people and families are homeless. As at January 2015, over 7,000 civil bills for repossession have been lodged in the 26 circuit courts across the State and we are told that repossessions could reach as high as 25,000 this year. This is all on the watch of Fine Gael and Labour and it is their policy in action.

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