Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will try to get through it. People Before Profit-Solidarity tabled a no-confidence motion in the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, thinking it would get some easy media headlines with some cheap digs at this Government. It is a tired, cynical game, which is straight out of the Sinn Féin populist play book. It is being seen for what it is: a stunt that will not see a single house built. It has no solutions, no ideas and no legislation. Housing and delivery on housing is the number one issue for this Government. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and this Government have already introduced a raft of actions to increase supply and will produce more in the coming days. All in all, the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, has passed 17 pieces of legislation over the past two years across areas as varied as the winter eviction ban to protect renters, new strategic approaches to delivery, enhancing affordability and 11 of those legislative items were completed this year alone. Just last night, I saw the Minister engaging with homeowners who were impacted by defects. I saw a Minister who is absolutely sincere, who understands the issues and is dedicated to seeing follow-through. For people out there, I want to set out the fundamental difference in approach between this Government and the Opposition.

People Before Profit-Solidarity and Sinn Féin want to pull the wool over the eyes of those seeking to buy their own homes. They do not want them to know that the State is now the biggest actor in housing when it comes to affordability and social housing.

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