Colette Kelleher (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Just as one sets rules for young children about the number of sweets they can eat on a Sunday, unstable markets require regulations to operate properly. This includes regulations on quality and standards in people's homes, which the previous Senator mentioned. Standards and expectations rightly rise. For the first year of my life, I lived in a house with an outside toilet. Nobody would think it was a reasonable expectation in this day and age. We moved a few doors down and had an inside bathroom. The previous Senator talked about the regulation and improvement in the quality of bed-sits. It is only right and proper that these bed-sits, which people call their homes, come up to the standards we now recognise as normal.