Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It is difficult, when language loses its meaning, to have a reasonable debate. There is no point in Deputy Pearse Doherty taking four different periods in history and asking us to look at housing output during those years compared with the period between 2011 and now.

Where, in 2011, was the Government supposed to source money to build houses? Where, in 2011, was the Government supposed to find builders? There were no builders left standing, and those-----

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