Finance Bill 2022: Second Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2022-11-29
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Jerry Buttimer (FG), Labour Panel

Facts are facts. In quarter 3 of this year, 83,200 jobs were created in this country, with 59,700 being outside Dublin. There are 2.5 million people at work. I am not sure what failed state has 2.5 million people at work or creates the number of jobs ours does.
I will accept the points Senator Gavan heckled me with about the issues and challenges around housing. I fully subscribe to the fact that the Government has put forward the highest spend on housing in a budget in the history of the State. I think 150,000 houses were built last year. I will come back to that figure in a minute, but there is a challenge. The reality is that we must ensure people are supported. If we want to have a comparative analysis of the budget proposals of the Government and the main Opposition party, we need only look across the way. Senator Gavan said there is nothing between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, but there is nothing between Sinn Féin and Liz Truss and the Tories in the UK. Nothing. The proposals are the same there and here.

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Sitting date: 2022-11-29