-----nothing short of disgraceful.

It is nothing short of disgraceful.

On a point of order, I was given ten minutes to respond to a Sinn Féin motion. I moved a countermotion. Every single statement I made has been strategically interrupted by the Deputies opposite. I will not be shouted down. This is a parliamentary democracy. People are elected to speak in the House. The Deputies opposite will not shout me down. They should not interrupt me. I did not interrupt them once.

That is a big charge.

That is a big charge.

The record stands.

Excuse me, guys.

In conclusion-----

In the interests of trying to continue an orderly debate, not one thing I said today-----

-----in all of my contributions is untrue. If the Deputy wants to stand up and say that Sinn Féin Deputies and councillors have not objected to homes - we have the list - produce the facts.

Deputy Ó Broin can ask Deputy Louise O'Reilly about her own councillor in north Dublin.

This is a serious issue and I am going to take it very seriously.

I would not dream of it. I have respect for this House.

This is pathetic.

He does it all the time.

Delivering on housing is the defining challenge of this Government. After over a decade of undersupply, our country is catching up but too many of our people are still left behind. We need to do more and do it quicker and we will. I know how hard things are for people but we are making progress. In 2023, more homes will be built and more homes will be bought than in a generation. We will break through our Housing for All targets and ramp up our ambition for next year. Under this Government we have the highest numbe…

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Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta as ucht a cheiste. To deal with facts, as opposed to his contribution, he will know that last year we delivered just short of 30,000 new homes, 5,000 more than the target set, in the first year of Housing for All. The Deputy might like to ignore the fact that it was a difficult year, with the difficulties relating to supply chain, inflation - real world issues - and the pandemic. While ignoring that, he ignores his own party's policies in respect of first-time buyers. We now have mo…

I asked Deputy Ó Broin why Sinn Féin opposes it. He said, "We just do it better." That is all he said. No policies, no nothing. "We just do it better." As regards the overall investment, a Theachta, we are investing €4.5 billion this year under Housing for All. Does the Deputy know how much is in the Sinn Féin policy? Not its housing policy, which it still has not produced even though it was due to do so in July, but in its most recent alternative budget, it allocated €2.8 billion - €1.7 billion less than the Gover…

-----6,000 in Dublin alone. That is a fact. That is what is happening. Just up the road from Deputy Ellis, we will be turning the sod on Oscar Traynor Road. Sinn Féin has spent years objecting to that scheme but work is going to start on the site. We have a plan that is working. Challenges remain. We will exceed our housing target this year. The Deputy might tell me what Sinn Féin is going to do for first-time buyers when it abolishes the help-to-buy grant, the first home scheme and even the vacancy grant. What is …