Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. I emphasise the importance of ensuring we put pressure on local authorities and approved housing bodies to deliver. They have been out of practice for some time. We are back in the business now of local authorities leading. I get the impression from the Opposition, particularly Sinn Féin as it criticises us, that it no longer criticises us on policy but on the inability to deliver a house overnight. We all know this is not possible. It is caricaturing the Government as being uncaring knowing we pass policies that support public housing. We had the lowest of the low tonight with the Opposition spokesperson trying to caricature the Taoiseach as some sort of cartoon villain on social media when his party objected to his leader being caricatured as a witch. It was wrong then and it is wrong against the Taoiseach. The Taoiseach is a decent man and Deputy Ó Broin should apologise and delete the tweet. We should focus on delivery. This is what the people in my constituency want. We want the Minister to build houses with all of those people who have the responsibility and to do it in an affordable way.

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