Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the motion and to outline the facts of the situation. They are not lies. I listened to many speakers saying we come to the House every month to debate this. I mean no offence to Members, but I have not seen any new solutions emerging from the different motions that have been discussed. In fairness, Deputy Fitzmaurice gets down to the details of the reality of delivering houses. It takes work. It requires planning, organising, infrastructure, picking sites and so forth. It is not a case of just clicking one's fingers and the houses arrive. It does not work that way. Our job has been to do that work.

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