Steven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I hope the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will add the time on for the constant interruptions. If the Opposition would care to listen to some of the facts and information, we need to revitalise our town centres and address dereliction and vacancy. The tenure mix will be private, social, affordable and cost-rental, providing long-term secure tenancies at affordable rents in well-designed sustainable communities.

My party chose to go into government to make the decisions to enable us to deliver on the housing challenge, on cost-rental and vacancies but others chose to sit it out; to claim to be concerned about climate but leave it to others to take the hits; to contribute nothing but criticism and slogans; to object to everything; to claim to be worried about the loss of nature but in their time-wasting call for no confidence, it has denied the opportunity for our leading Minister of State on nature and biodiversity, Deputy Noonan, to lead on the world stage at COP15. That is what it has done with this waste of time motion tonight.

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