Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have already made very clear to the Deputy about the programme for Government, negotiated by parties who won a clear majority in the last election and working with Independents, and what we have agreed to do in the programme for Government. That is what our focus is on; moving forward with the delivery of homes with real solutions for people.

If the Deputy is seriously suggesting housing statistics cost his party the election, that is a bit ridiculous. People looked at their policies; that is what cost them the election. You would not really own your own home under the proposed Sinn Féin leasehold plan. Does the Deputy remember that? His leader could not answer a simple question - will the banks lend to buy a home? People right across the country-----

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