Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

His press office did provide his statement in advance and he was complaining that I was repeating myself. I will continue to repeat myself, as will my colleagues, with the right policies until the Minister listens. What are we proposing today? It is what we have proposed before, which is an emergency three-year ban on rent increases for all existing renters, new tenancies and new properties in the market, a real refundable tax credit that works and puts a full month's rent back in every renter's pocket, a real emergency response to the homeless crisis, and higher targets for social and affordable housing delivered at pace. The Minister has failed. He out of time and he is out of touch. Today's press event shows that the only way we will tackle this crisis is when he is gone and there is an alternative government to put in place the type of policies we have outlined today. If there was ever an example of this, it is what the Minister did not announce today and what he will not announce in his rebuttal speech after our opening remarks.

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