Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Let me give the Taoiseach some detail and move from the general to the specific to illustrate how flawed the Government's approach is. There is a sale happening as we speak that will see the largest private rental sector portfolio ever put to the market go to sale. It is being developed by Marlet and represents 2,000 homes across six locations here in Dublin: in Harold's Cross, Howth, Dundrum, Lime Street and on the south side docks at Grand Canal. These 2,000 homes will go to private investors. The process is under way. The Government introduced nothing to ensure that young first-time buyers or other home buyers can get access to purchasing and owning these houses. The Taoiseach says he is for home ownership, yet everything the Government does either locks people out of access to homes because of affordability or locks them into an endless cycle of extortionate rack renting from international funds.

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