Séamus Healy (Tipperary, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source

New politics was supposed to mean that this House organised its own affairs. What we have this morning is total disrespect for the House and its Members on the part of the Government. If new politics means anything, we are surely entitled to organise our own affairs collectively and not have anything imposed on us by the Government party and Fianna Fáil. We are all entitled to our own input into the organisation of affairs of the House.

Second, this whole thing is a complete charade. Everybody knows that we have a housing emergency, the Minister has said so on numerous occasions. What we do not need is rent increases, which is what the Government and Fianna Fáil are suggesting and recommending. What we need is a rent freeze and a halt to evictions.

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