Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Actions have been taken to address this situation. I remind the Deputies that we inherited an unprecedented situation with regard to the economy. If the previous Government and this one had not taken action and done what was done to rescue this economy, there would be no money to invest in the kinds of services needed, including housing. That is what we have done. We have made sure that we can now invest in the very serious social issues that have arisen as a result of the mismanagement of this economy. Sinn Féin might acknowledge that occasionally and the fact that the economy is recovering from a very dark place.

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