Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The number one issue facing workers and families is the housing crisis. It permeates every facet of Irish life. Young people are left without hope, children are growing up in emergency accommodation, businesses cannot get workers, schools cannot get teachers, and gardaí, nurses, members of our Defence Forces are leaving their profession because they cannot find somewhere to live. This should have been a budget to resolve the housing crisis, but today, the Ministers for Finance and for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform have failed in that regard.

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