Colm Burke (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

An additional 5,000 people now work in the health service when compared with 2014 and we are making huge progress. It is important to give credit where credit is due in respect of the service that is delivered.

Many people have been caught up in the rental market and I am talking about tenants in particular. We need to give security and do everything possible for them. We need to all work together to deal with the issue. Unfortunately, many people will not get on the property ladder. Therefore, we need to ensure they have security and do not have to worry about when the next notice to quit will be delivered to their doors compared with what happened before. Let us all be careful in the way we handle the issue. Many people are very worried. We need to be conscious of their plight and make sure that we do not play politics with the issue. That is why it is important we agree on a comprehensive plan to tackle the issue.