Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Ó Broin should be very careful telling me what he does not do because I have the information here. Just to be clear on this, Sinn Féin has asked us to spend more than €10 billion on these supports. If you want to know why, it is because in an emergency while ramping up housing supply, we have to do something in the here and now. You say landlords; I say renters. You say €10 billion given to landlords; I say €10 billion given in rental support to people who come into your constituency offices and mine looking for assistance. It is news to me that you believe the money devoted to rent supplement, RAS and HAP was not money well spent at a time when the country had no money. Remember that when my party came into government in 2011, it was your party's position, when Gerry was in charge, to send the IMF home and tell them to take their money with them.

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