That is what happened at the Fine Gael Ard-Fheis. That is what was reported. Now, in the Dáil, the Minister responsible has refused to clarify or give some reassurance to workers on whether the number of sick pay days are going to increase or not. That is scandalous. Workers have a right to know. The Minister cannot just fly a kite in the interests of the employers by telling them not to worry, we are going back to the basics and the blueshirt tradition of supporting big business against workers, and then refusing …

We are next.

Are we not up then?

Can we not participate in Leaders' Questions today?

Parties come before-----

People Before Profit. Yes, it is one legal party-----

Yes, like Fianna Fáil. You have a lot of dissidents in your party.

They are homeless.

Build houses.

He wants to fill the pockets of his friends. Fianna Fáil wants more money for developers.

Giving €300 million to developers while 4,000 children are homeless, that is what he is interested in. Fianna Fáil is in the pockets of those who were in the Galway tent. It pretends to build houses and puts money into the pockets of developers. That is all it is interested in.

I will. I believe in rent controls and building public homes on public land. Do not fill the pockets of developers.

The Government is responsible for the housing crisis - housing crisis after housing crisis.

Haystack.

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