Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government advises its own press office and tells no one else. We are all dealing with applications in our constituencies.

These are people who are desperate to buy homes. If they could get mortgages, they would be cheaper than the rents that they are paying. There have been higher rents for seven or eight years now and they could be paying much less if they could get a mortgage. They are all going through this charade, being asked for this note, that letter, and the other form. That is what is going on in the real world while the Government just prances about the place, going on about this and that. It is just not good enough.

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