Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am grateful for the chance to answer some of the questions in the debate and to add a few thoughts. I thank all the Deputies who contributed. I had a chance to listen to some of the debate when in my office going through submissions in regard to Rebuilding Ireland and housing. I wish to add to the speech of the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, and share thoughts on this issue.

I have listened to some of the comments and am constantly hearing about ideology. I have listened repeatedly to Deputy Ó Broin and many others in this Chamber talking about rights, responsibilities and so on. We can discuss responsibilities at a later stage. I want to be very clear: it is not a question of ideology on behalf of this Government and parties that support us. We have had a strong record of investing in social housing when we could and now again we can-----

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