Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There is a very serious thing this Government is engaging in, namely, providing housing for all. That is why all three parties of the Government have put together a comprehensive plan that is detailed and clear for anyone who wants to read it. It sets out the actions across Government that need to be taken to improve the situation for our citizens. No one on the Opposition benches has put forward a comparable alternative. Any fair assessment will show that.

Not only have we put together a plan but we have backed it with finance and are delivering it. What did we do this year on social housing? This Government believes in social housing, even though some in the Opposition, the main Opposition party in particular, will try to paint a them-and-us attitude and suggest that we do not get it, understand it or meet people. I represent the people of Dublin Fingal and thank the hundreds of them and across the country who were in touch with me in the past week giving support and acknowledging what some Members do not want to acknowledge, namely, that this is a complex situation and not easy to resolve. We will resolve it but some want to paint this in simplistic terms, suggesting they have a solution and can sort it immediately. They cannot.

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