The Minister has no answer.
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 56 of 1,408 decisive votes (14 abstentions excluded). Read it as a government-or-opposition indicator rather than a measure of influence — the figure is near 100% for members supporting the government of the day and near 0% for those opposing it.
This is the point of the site: contributions keep the party held on the day, not the one held now.
| Party | Recorded as | Contributions | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| SF | Sinn Féin | 2,343 | 2020-03-26 – 2026-10-01 |
Membership spells on record: SF 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · SF 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · SF 2024-11-29–present
The Minister has no answer.
Hear, hear.
That is not true.
Ask for a debate on the commission's report next week. Yes or no?
Will you schedule time for the debate next week? Yes or no?
It is a reasonable question.
I am just asking.
Please do answer the question. Absolutely. For a change.
Rising homelessness is abhorrent, Minister.
Your time is long gone.
You are scared of a TV, radio or Dáil debate.
Have a graph with need beside that. How many social homes are needed? It is twice what you are building.
And all the time calling for an increase in social housing.
Where are the social homes?
Published it in 2021.
We published it in 2021.
Go and read it on the website.
I am being helpful to the Taoiseach to know where to find the plan.
It is on the website.
It must be hard for the Minister not to understand why, despite all of the evidence that his plan is allegedly working, pretty much everybody else does not accept that is the case. While week after week the Minister dismisses those of us in the Opposition who highlight the lived reality of people unable to access secure and affordable homes, it will be virtually impossible for the Minister to dismiss the views of his own Housing Commission. I suspect that when the report landed on his desk, as it did on 8 May, acco…