Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is going on. It is a fact. They will not touch it. They are announcing this money, that money and the other money - regurgitating funds. Nothing is happening. The councils have failed to build the houses, claiming they do not have the money. The Minister is saying they have. It is simple; the Minister should call them in. I ask him to call in our own county manager in Tipperary, who is head of the County and City Management Association at the moment, and ask him to explain what is going on. The Minister is saying they are getting the money and yet the houses are not getting built.

On the other side, the banks are lining up houses and now farms to be sold off to vulture funds. We have just finished off 2016. The Minister will have some legacy in 2017 and 2018. He is talking about action plans, meetings and housing policy. I know he means well, but it is not happening. We are just pushing paper and peddling around the system. People are facing huge trauma with sickness, illness, suicide, you name it. They are facing terror in the Circuit Court from people who are not qualified to sit on a bench. They are responsible under European law to pass it on to a judge and they are taking the action themselves because it suits them. It is very lucrative. They get paid for every one they repossess. It is disgusting, immoral and corrupt.

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