Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The issue I will raise today in the minute or so I have left is that of the Raise the Roof protest happening in Limerick this Saturday as a result of the crisis in housing, which is another great failure of 11 years of Fine Gael mismanagement and misgovernment. I am really proud that the trade unions are leading this march. I am delighted to see them leading the call for a doubling of investment in housing. It is significant that the Economic and Social Research Institute, the Government's own think tank, pointed out last year that this Government is spending half of what it needs to in order to tackle the housing problem.That is why we have 14% rent rises in Limerick. That is why we have 100,000 vacant homes across the State. Unfortunately, it is a litany of failures on the part of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. I encourage people in Limerick to come out at 1 o'clock and join their colleagues, their brothers and sisters in the trade union movement, and join people from Sinn Féin and other progressive parties to make it clear we will not stand for this housing crisis anymore. Of course, I wish my colleagues in the Dáil well tonight with the motion of no confidence in this appalling Government.