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

This is a very serious issue. There are nearly 10,000 homeless people in our country and too few social and private houses are being built.

We also have the point made by Deputy Ó Broin that the cost of houses is going up. The cost of rent is going sky high. That is not only about supply but about market and people making profits. It is a complex area where we need serious contributions but we do not need the kind of misinformed points-scoring that I have heard from some of the Fianna Fáil speakers.

In conclusion, my party supports this Bill. It needs to go into committee. We certainly need to bring in whatever measures we can, including the vacant sites levy and the Kenny report, in order to stop speculation on land when so many people are in such misery in this country because of homelessness.

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