Dáil debates

Wednesday, 27 November 2019

Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members]

 

3:10 pm

Photo of Shane CassellsShane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I pay tribute to my colleagues, Deputies Darragh O'Brien and Casey, for their work on this Bill because we need to continue to seek idea-based solutions to address our housing crisis, rather than rhetoric from the usual sources. Deputy O'Brien pointed out the number of Bills Fianna Fáil has introduced in that respect. He has continued to use this forum of our national Parliament to effect change and to demonstrate to our citizens how we can take a different course with the largest problem that bedevils our country so that we can present solutions to them and they can see how the potential to own their own home can become a reality.

In doing so he made reference to the ideology of Sinn Féin which elicited sniggers from the far end of the Chamber. I served on a local authority for 17 years and that ideology was clearly prevalent in that time. The lads would want to reflect on that as well.

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