Micheál Martin (Cork South-Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is why I would appreciate if he allowed other people to give their perspective. The only reason I raised my eyes was because I thought it was wrong of the Deputy to personalise the issue, demonise an individual who cannot defend himself in this House and make the assertions he has made about someone who has not been nominated to any position by Government. No decision has been taken, but the Deputy chose to take a cheap shot at an individual, blaming that person for all of the evictions that have happened in the past ten or 15 years. That was wrong. That is all I am saying. I do not think that is good enough either. We are all entitled to have different perspectives on the housing problem but let us not demonise individuals for the sake of a cheap political score.

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