Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not mind the interruptions. Let us look at Fianna Fáil's record. Over those 14 years, it delivered on average 5,500 real social houses a year. That is less than the current Government is delivering. During that same period of time, the number of subsidised private rental tenancies for social housing actually increased. They increased beyond recognition. By the end of the period of time, there was almost a 500% increase in using private rental sector accommodation for social housing tenants. Housing waiting lists increased by 258% and shared ownership schemes, which the Deputy was so fond of, actually left almost 50% of the households with those mortgages in substantial mortgage distress. It is no wonder Fianna Fáil is willing to support Fine Gael's policy. All it is doing is continuing the broad policy framework that Fianna Fáil was responsible for when it was last in government. Probably the worst thing is Fianna Fáil keeps telling Sinn Féin that it did the responsible thing and supported this Government yet at no stage has it actually used the leverage it claims to have to get the Government to do anything different. It is one of the reasons the motion in front of us today has no specifics because a real party of opposition, particularly a party of opposition that has the leverage Fianna Fáil has, would be demanding specific changes to Government policy.

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