Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Emotion and empathy are significant in politics, but we cannot allow politics to be dominated by emotion and empathy. They play an important role but cannot dominate our discussions. The only way this issue will be resolved is by putting forward a plan and increasing the supply of housing has to be at the centre of any plan. The Government has a plan. It is called Housing for All. People in the House may not like it or may not think it is ambitious or radical enough, but the one great advantage people in this House have as opposed to people outside the House is that they can put forward legislative proposals.

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