Private Rental Sector: Motion
Seanad Éireann — 2024-03-06
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Garret Ahearn (FG), Administrative Panel

You would know that there was a poll at the weekend. Every time Sinn Féin slides, the only thing it seems to think it can talk about is housing. Yet, every time they talk about housing after a polling collapse, they make another blunder of some kind. What I hear most now in Tipperary is people saying how Sinn Féin does not have a clue what it is talking about. It does it week after week after week. It was just done here two minutes ago by the previous Senator, who spoke of how people are struggling, cannot afford to buy a house and cannot afford to get on the housing market. He is right; there are people who are struggling and cannot afford to get on the housing market, so why the hell would he take away the help-to-buy scheme?

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Sitting date: 2024-03-06