Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will raise a horrible practice which has become more and more evident. I refer to the practice of Deputies and councillors in the Taoiseach's party, in parties supporting the Government and in the Opposition - although the Taoiseach might not be able to do much about people in Opposition - objecting to people building homes. In my opinion, it is not normal behaviour for an individual in this House to object to 5,000 homes being built in his or her constituency. That is not normal. The effect and result of such an objection is a delay in those projects being delivered or them not being delivered at all, meaning that homes are not made available on the market. People in the Opposition may say the reason they are objecting is that they are in the private market. Oh my goodness. Is there something so wrong with a builder wanting to build houses and put them up for sale in the public market? Is there something wrong with that? There is not.

If you want to make an omelette, you have to crack an egg. If we want to provide houses, we cannot have people shouting inside here about providing housing while at the same time using their poison pen to write objections. It is crazy. It is not normal behaviour.

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