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

The Government has failed in terms of supply and affordability. Those are the facts. I will help the Taoiseach to try to absorb the reality. This image shows a storage room. This accommodation would set you back just €300 a month. That is probably considered good value in the Taoiseach's housing market. This image shows a converted hallway in Dublin. This would knock you back €910 a month. That is probably a snitch in the Taoiseach's mind. What about this image? It is from Cork. In this particular rental accommodation, you could touch your fridge if you stretched your feet out of your bed. That is the reality for generation rent. Do not dare talk to me about false narratives or claim that you understand the crisis. You clearly do not. While the Taoiseach is over there scratching his head, I have told him two things he can do that will work. He should put money back into renters' pockets by way of a tax rebate and institute a three-year freeze on rents. If he does that, we and, more importantly, generation rent and renters might believe that he finally gets it.

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