Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I asked Deputy Ó Broin why Sinn Féin opposes it. He said, "We just do it better." That is all he said. No policies, no nothing. "We just do it better."

As regards the overall investment, a Theachta, we are investing €4.5 billion this year under Housing for All. Does the Deputy know how much is in the Sinn Féin policy? Not its housing policy, which it still has not produced even though it was due to do so in July, but in its most recent alternative budget, it allocated €2.8 billion - €1.7 billion less than the Government is investing. What Deputy Ó Broin and the geniuses on the Deputy's side of the House would say is that you can build more houses with less money. That is simply not true whatsoever. The facts are borne out in delivery figures. Last year, this State, while catching up on housing delivery - and yes, we do need to catch up on housing delivery - built more new social homes than in any year since 1975. Sinn Féin councillors and representatives objected to many of those homes across the country-----

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