Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The most effective advocates for housing should be in this House. No-one should be depending on any lobby group. I do not depend on IBEC to tell me that housing is the biggest crisis in this country. I have said this from day one since I came into Government. On coming into Government I was adamant that a member of our party would become the Minster responsible for housing, to take on the challenge and to build greater progress.

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