Mary Fitzpatrick (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is correct, Máire Nic Giolla Phádraig anseo. I will start by recalling that this week is the 50th anniversary of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings. The bombings which took place, without any prior notice, in Dublin and Monaghan killed 34 people and injured more than 300 people. The bombings on Parnell Street, Talbot Street and South Leinster Street in Dublin city and in Monaghan town left families and relatives, and 50 years on still leaves those families and relatives grieving for the loss of their loved ones and grieving for justice. We all know that justice delayed is justice denied. These families and relatives deserve justice and this House should renew calls for justice to be provided to them.

Second, I congratulate the Bohemian Football Club. Tonight the club will host an historic event in Dalymount Park, Phibsborough when the Palestinian women's soccer team will pay Bohemian FC women's team. This fantastic event is sold out so if people do not have tickets then hard luck but they can still support the Bohemian Football Club and the Palestinian cause by going online at bohemianfc.com to buy a ticket, stream the event and make a donation. All of the proceeds will go to the Palestinian cause.

Finally, I draw the attention of the House to the latest report on housing commencements. The construction of housing commencements in this State has risen to an historic high of 18,000 new homes commenced in the month of April alone. That number follows on from an historic high of 12,000 in the first quarter. Housing commencements are obviously key to increasing supply and supply is hugely important in terms of meeting the human need of housing adequacy. I want to call out the gross hypocrisy of the leader of Sinn Féin in the Dáil yesterday. On the one hand, she uses her position to lament the plight of families stuck in emergency accommodation but, with the same breath, hypocritically objects to the State providing those families with homes. If we are to believe her then we must believe that she and her party believe that it is better for families to be stuck in temporary emergency housing than in purpose-built family homes that the State not only is building but can also lease. That type of hypocrisy should not be tolerated in this House or any other House in this country.