Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Government is buying and acquiring houses and even over half of the Part V's were not built. They were purchased. The Government is massaging the figures no end. When the Government buys something that does nothing for the housing supply. Even if it is used for HAP, the Government is eating into the private sector of it. I ask the Taoiseach please to listen. It is hard for him to be on top of every section of the Government and I do not expect him to be. I am, however, convinced that he is listening to the wrong people. The Government is not fixing the problem. It is actually getting worse.

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