Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank all of my party colleagues and those from across the House who contributed to this debate this evening. The Minister of State, Deputy English, suggested that we are debating affordability this evening because social housing and homelessness are being addressed but that is patently untrue. We are debating an affordable housing scheme because Fianna Fáil tabled a motion on it. I am not going to go back and forth with the Minister regarding the Fine Gael history lesson he wanted to place on the record of the House or with the Minister of State and with members of Sinn Féin on various issues. There is a need for an affordable housing scheme and I simply asked the Minister when he is going to initiate one. I assure Deputy Ó Broin that my party is very serious when we say that the forthcoming budget must be a housing budget. There will be very specific and costed measures that we will be putting forward-----

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