Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages
Dail Éireann — 2021-06-30
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Thomas Gould (SF), Cork North-Central

I will be brief. There are just a couple of points I wish to make. When I listen to Government Deputies in the Chamber, in particular Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Deputies, I sometimes wonder whether they have group amnesia or are living in a parallel universe. Deputy Ó Broin and I submitted more than 160 amendments on Committee Stage. We were actually criticised by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael for tabling so many, and now their Deputies are saying we have not tabled enough. There is no keeping them happy.
In response to, I believe, Deputy Cathal Crowe, I will let Fianna Fáil, its partners in Fine Gael, and the Labour Party know that in January 2020, Fianna Fáil voted en bloc against social housing in Cork. One of its councillors was the Taoiseach's own brother, Mr. Seán Martin. Do not come in here and talk about us voting against housing. Look at the minutes of Cork City Council's meeting in January 2020 where Fianna Fáil tried to block social housing.

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Sitting date: 2021-06-30