Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

A decision has to be made. We believe this is the right decision, in the round, in the public interest for the reasons I have outlined.

I will finish on one matter Deputy Pringle talked about. I know he is interested in ideology. I am not particularly interested in ideology; I am interested in outcomes for people. The Deputy stated that the Government has a neoliberal ideology. Would a Government with such an ideology have built more social housing last year than in any year in my lifetime since 1975?

Would a neoliberal Government have brought in rent pressure zones and limited rent increases to 2%, which is lower than the rate of inflation and the rate at which incomes are rising?

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