Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion
Dail Éireann — 2022-12-13
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Rose Conway-Walsh (SF), Mayo

It was said the Minister is working hard, and we are not disputing that, because I do not really know. What I do know is that it is absolutely not working for the people in Mayo. The Government says it is doing its best. The Government designed the system that is not working, in the form of the housing assistance payment, HAP, the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, and everything else, and by privatising the very thing people need, which is their shelter and the roof over their heads. This area was privatised under the Government and it must now own that decision.
I spoke to my son the other day. He named all his friends on the local football team - some of the Members present know what football team that is - and said it is very unlikely that they will be able to field a team next year because they will have to emigrate. So many young people are forced to emigrate because they do not have a roof over their head.
The great tragedy for the Minister is that he and the people sitting beside him do not even realise this. They do not realise how bad the emergency is. Some of the Members there are smiling, and that is just absolutely shocking.

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Sitting date: 2022-12-13