Pádraig O'Sullivan (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The majority of Deputies from Cork city and county would attest to that. To be fair, the councils have been trailblazers in the delivery of units. I commend them on the work they are doing and I wish them continued success in the years ahead. It is, however, incumbent on me to reiterate to the Minister that while many of the things we have said are positive, be it the exemptions for services, the development contribution and so on, the difference between the Government parties and the Opposition parties is not registering with some people, although the Minister has spoken about it eloquently here again today.

I grew up in a social house in Little Island back in the 1980s and 1990s. The ability for people to buy their own social home is a fundamental part of what we are offering in government, have done in the past, and hopefully will continue to do in the future. It has not registered with people at home that the main Opposition parties do not offer that potential for people into the future. My message to the Minister is to just keep doing what he is doing. I reiterate that people need to see the difference between Government parties and the main Opposition parties going into the general election.

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