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

The young people I have met and continue to meet want to be able to buy a house at an affordable price, yet the Deputy opposes every measure, not just the one mentioned in terms of equity. The help to buy scheme helped 22,000 people to buy homes, yet the Deputy opposed it and continues to oppose it. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage has also introduced a new affordable purchase scheme, with the State directly building affordable homes in addition to the help to buy and shared equity schemes. The Deputy has opposed that as well.

On the ground, where we had a mix of housing projects, particularly in Dublin city with more than 1,200 in north Dublin, Sinn Féin opposed the building of those 1,200 houses and likewise, hundreds more in Tallaght, Clondalkin and elsewhere. It just does not stack up. The Deputy seems to think she can come in here day after day and attack every other Member in this House in respect of housing and getting more houses built, when she consistently-----

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