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Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is not a joke. Some 3,000 children are homeless.

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister gave up on those children.

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Apologies.

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I make no apologies for that.

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Green Party Government has been in Office for two years; — during this time rents have increased by 15 per cent, house prices by 22 per cent and homelessness by 19 per cent; — in the last year alone child homelessness has increased by 41 per cent; — there are 5,054 single...

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Voting matters.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Look at Dublin Airport for chaos.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Not for the homeless.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is not true. The Government missed its targets this year, last year and the year before that. Emissions continue to rise.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Tánaiste need not stop now.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister did not listen to his fellow Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien.

Confidence in Government: Motion (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wonder if the families who have been rendered homeless will be applauding the speech of the Deputy who has just sat down.

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-----