Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

What planet is the Tánaiste living on? He stood there and said the rate of increase of house prices is coming down. He should open his eyes. It is accelerating. It is increasing month-on-month. We have had ten months of house price increases. In the Tánaiste's constituency, house prices are €100,000 higher than when he took office just four years ago.

The Tánaiste tries to lecture us in the Opposition. You could not make this up. Home ownership in Ireland is at its lowest level in 50 years under the Government. Fianna Fáil took the office of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. I asked a simple question. The Tánaiste made a personal promise and made a commitment to the electorate. He said that if he got into Government he would deliver 50,000 affordable houses at prices that would be less than €250,000. I am asking where they are because nobody can find them anywhere. They are not in Cork, they are not in Donegal and they are not in Dublin. The Government has not delivered the houses and its policies are pushing up house prices.

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