Pat Casey (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I support the Fianna Fáil amendment. I will briefly outline the reasons the Sinn Féin motion is playing politics with the serious efforts being made by everyone in this Chamber to address the housing crisis. Having spoken on many housing motions, I am often struck by the high level of commonality that is a feature of them. However, when I examined the Sinn Féin motion, I was struck by its partisan political nature. I was shocked, if not surprised, that housing is a political battlefield for Sinn Féin rather than a social problem that affects too many of our citizens. Sinn Fein's selfish tactics involve attacking all attempts to create agreed solutions, while cynically running away from any responsibility for taking a decision.

The motion attacks my party for trying to get the Government to deliver affordable housing solutions.

I could hardly believe it. They have the brass neck to attack Fianna Fáil, who after the 2016 general election, took our duties-----

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