Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----but there has been very little delivery on the ground. If one speaks to people from Threshold, FLAC, the Simon Community, Focus Ireland, the Peter McVerry Trust or anyone else dealing with families, they will say that rent supplement is a key issue. It was a key issue 12 months ago. The Taoiseach spoke about stability being brought to the issue. What was going on for the past 12 months? Rents have gone up by 30%. Families who could not afford to pay those rents lost their homes because the Taoiseach and the Minister, Deputy Kelly, did not intervene. There was a row going on between the Minister, Deputy Noonan, and the Minister, Deputy Kelly, for a full 12 months. What went on for the 12 months before that?

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