Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Let me finish. One of the leading social justice campaigners, and probably one of the most noteworthy in the history of this State, Fr. Peter McVerry, pointed out to the Minister last February that what he, the Minister, announced last December following the death of a man not too far from this Chamber was not going to work. Fr. McVerry said it was actually going to fail and increase the number of people who are homeless. Does the Minister recall his response to Fr. Peter McVerry?

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