Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have nothing against the Minister personally but I have something against his policies and plans because they have not worked. He has been in office for two and half years and I have listened to everyone describe all that the Government has done. I will tell this Government about families. A lady contacted me, a mother and grandmother, who cannot close the door of her bedroom because she has had to put another bed in there to put her grandchild in because her daughter has nowhere to live.

I know another lady who does not smoke or party and works hard. She has a lovely home but has received a notice to quit. In April, her and her four-year-old daughter will be homeless. That is why we have no confidence in the Minister. His plans do not work. The Taoiseach and the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, spoke about facts or fiction. In Cork, in January 2000 Fianna Fáil councillors voted against social housing on the Skehard Road. That is a fact.

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