Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Yes.

Many aspects of today's proceedings are profoundly depressing. The farce being played out by the two large parties is depressing and frustrating for Deputies and, more importantly, people outside the House who are suffering. No issue highlights this and the failure of the political establishment, including the outgoing Government and the main political parties in successive Governments, more than the disaster in housing and homelessness, which is worsening daily.

I welcome the all-party agreement to establish a Dáil sub-committee on housing and I hope that it meets soon. It was a good proposal from Sinn Féin. I welcome that everyone is on board and I hope that something comes of it. However, I find it dispiriting that the Minister continues to justify-----

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