Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The people who backed Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael asked them when they were at the doors when they were canvassing at the last election not to join with the Green Party. They said they would destroy forestry, which the Green Party has done at first hand. They said they would destroy farming, which Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have done themselves. We now have a housing crisis. Why is this?

We now have a Minister for Transport who cycles a bike. He has destroyed transport and created inflation in this country. What has the Government done? The tail is wagging the dog because the Government is not willing to stand up for the people of Ireland.

When it comes to the Labour Party, it built fewer than 30,000 houses in five years. They are about as handy as a brush without a handle. That is about as handy as the Labour Party is. The Labour Party is trying to increase its popularity because it has gone through the ground. Ever since Deputy Bacik has taken over and Deputy Alan Kelly has gone, the party has gone through the ground and now it is trying to be populist. I am not putting up with it either.

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