Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will vote confidence in the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, this evening, and not just because of his incredible dedication to his role, his resilience, and the effort he puts into making a difference to all that this Government wants to do better. I will vote confidence in him not just because of those qualities, which I see regularly. I will vote confidence in him because of the difference I see him make, including in my constituency and my part of Dublin.

A list is not the most attractive part of any speech, particularly in a debate like this, but the following is a list that must go on the record of the Dáil this evening. It is a list of new homes, a list of differences being made, and a list of examples of delivery of Housing for All in which the Minister is playing a critical role: Sean Foster Place, 30 homes; Dominic Street, 70 homes; O'Devaney Gardens, 56 homes; Dorset Street, 63 homes; St. Finbar's Court, 46 homes; and Infirmary Road, 38 homes. They are not homes being delivered by some unbridled free market, to which Deputy McDonald made reference earlier. They are homes being built by Dublin City Council and into which families and tenants who need homes are being moved. I experience and see the same pressure, to which many Deputies have made reference, in our citizens who need more homes and in those who come to our clinics worried about their rent or about where they will live. The lived experience to which Deputies refer, which we on this side of the House experience as well in our clinics and in the work we do, is also to a degree matched by the reality of the homes I see being built and the families and the tenants who are moving into them.

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