Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have been a building contractor all my life and I know to build houses we need infrastructure. The discrimination this Government has against putting infrastructure around this country is evident. All the Government wants to do is build its numbers in Dublin so it can get extra people in the Cabinet, rather than spreading it around the country so other people can get affordable homes. The Government cannot build houses is because it cannot recognise value for money. I will tell the Minister of State why. It is because there are no business people sitting in Cabinet. They all come from the one sector - a departmental sector - so how do they expect to get value for money when they have never lived it? Why does the Government not have business people in its Cabinet? Why does the Government not have community people on its Cabinet? Why does the Government not have real farmers on its Cabinet?

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