Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy knows as well, in turn, that our interests are with the local authorities and approved housing bodies in delivering social housing. The Deputy knows this is the interest of every party in the House. I cannot accept this type of definitive split that people on one side of the House are in favour of vulture funds, cuckoo developers or others, and the rest of us are all in favour of social housing and approved housing bodies. We all have this similar interest in mind.

It is the same in respect of the particular difficulties in local authorities and in meeting the interests of young people. We have the exact same interest in providing for young people as the Deputy's party does. Yes, we will look to change, as we are doing in Government, the mechanisms by which we do it. We do not agree on all the policies that have been there in the past but we are working to change them, and we will, in a way that is for the better of young people.

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