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Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: When I listen-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: When I am listening to the Taoiseach talking about housing, I genuinely wonder if he is in the same country as I am. He tells us that progress is being made. I must say that is a deeply disingenuous statement. There are times when I wonder if the Taoiseach is in denial and if he actually believes the things he is saying. In fact, what is clear is that he, just like his other colleagues,...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The reason why is because the Government does not want an election. That is the very definition of cynical. Therefore, let us just look at the progress this Government has made under the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste. Homelessness has increased in the last two years by 19%, and child homelessness by a staggering 40% in the last 12 months. There are now 5,000 single adults in...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----was ramming through legislation that left those families with tens of thousands of euro of debt-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----to fix defective homes that are defective because of the light touch regulation of those Deputies’ parties.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: One of the many-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Deputy McConalogue is very loud today. Where was he last week when his constituents needed him?

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: One of the greatest-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: One of the greatest misrepresentations of this Government regarding all the Opposition parties, but particularly regarding ours, is that we have no alternatives. With our Private Members' time today, along with other colleagues and the entire Raise the Roof civil society and trade union movement, we will outline those alternatives to the Government yet again.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Sinn Féin has not objected to public housing on public land.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: What we have objected to are the sweetheart land deals-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----and sweetheart tax deals-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----where Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----are gifting public land to private developers to build unaffordable homes.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: If the Government Deputies wish to ask about housing objections, they should ask their colleagues from Dublin Mid-West-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----why they opposed the strategic housing development, SDZ, at Clonburris-----

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: -----of 11,000 homes.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: We have the alternatives. We have the will. We want change and that is why I am supporting the motion of no confidence in this Government.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Clearly not.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: It is not agreed. The House has been given two and a half hours tomorrow to deal with the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, which is controversial legislation to which many Members have tabled detailed amendments. Late on Thursday, the Government submitted 48 pages of non-consequential amendments to what is an 18-page Bill. There has been no Dáil scrutiny of many of...