Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is no doubt that he is well able to waffle. This Government is paying out €6 million each year to private landlords while there are 2,000 people on the housing waiting list in my county, Kerry. The Minister of State is proposing to build 40 houses over the next two and a half years. How will that facilitate the thousands of people who are crying out to be housed in this State? How can the Minister of State say that to people with disabilities who are living in upstairs apartments and must be helped up and down the stairs while this Government has done absolutely nothing for four years? This Government has done nothing for this country in the last four years regarding providing housing. It is an absolute disgrace to stand here today and lecture people across here with the record it has.

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