Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

----- has supported the Government for seven years. The Tánaiste's partners in government have been in government for 12 years, and Fianna Fáil has supported the Government for the last seven years. The Tánaiste can have his head as far in the sand as he wants but there are nearly 13,000 people in emergency accommodation. He talks about home ownership. There is an entire generation of people who have lost hope that they will be getting onto the property ladder because of the policies of the Tánaiste's Government that are pushing up house prices. We still see that even in recent Central Statistics Office, CSO figures. That is the reality of it. Why are people deciding to emigrate? They will tell you that they feel they cannot own a home here. Home ownership is reducing under this Government. We have people who are well-paid in the sector who cannot get homes. People who work in our professional services cannot get homes in Dublin under this Government. Rents, homelessness and house prices are up but somehow, it is always Sinn Féin's fault.

The dogs in the street know that the targets the Government has set are far too law. Worse still, the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien-----

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