Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2021-01-28
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

The fact is that the Deputy's party, Sinn Féin, has been in government for 13 of the past 20 years in Northern Ireland. It has been in government on this island longer than my party has in the past 20 years. Sinn Féin is a party of government, an establishment party north of the Border. When it comes to social housing, its record is not good. It built fewer social houses in Northern Ireland in recent years than we have added to the social housing stock south of the Border, certainly since 2016. Sinn Féin increased local authority rents in Northern Ireland. Sinn Féin councillors did that and cannot blame anyone else for it.
Sinn Féin voted against plenty of mixed housing developments here in this city.

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Sitting date: 2021-01-28