Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am advised that the level of home ownership fell faster under Fianna Fáil than it has under the current Government. It is worth referring to that point. We really should not forget from where we are coming. We should not forget what happened ten to 12 years ago on Fianna Fáil's watch. When Deputy Micheál Martin's party was in office, we had a boom-and-bust cycle in construction. As a result, the industry was totally destroyed and hundreds of thousands of workers left their jobs and had to emigrate.

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