Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

As the two previous speakers outlined, this is a threadbare budget. It is incredible that so little is being provided for the two crucial areas of health care and housing. As Deputy Kelly noted, the Minister did not even refer to Sláintecare, yet health care is a crucial issue. I could use all of the words in the GUBU acronym to describe the decision but it is unbelievable that on world homelessness day, when there are 500 more children homeless than there were at this time last year, the Minister did not announce an additional allocation for building social housing this year, beyond the funding announced in the Rebuilding Ireland action plan. That this could occur during such a serious housing crisis is incomprehensible. I understand that Fine Gael is a right-wing party but I cannot understand how Fianna Fáil signed off on this budget.

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