I thank everybody for contributing to the debate and supporting the motion. It is disappointing that the Government has tabled an amendment. I have raised these points with the Minister who was shouting over to Deputy Carthy saying, "Ye supported this", and all that. I can read him the transcripts. He is giving the impression now that he set this date of 3 October because he wanted to review the issue. I specifically asked him at the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach if he wou…

Tá an Rialtas seo in oifig anois le breis agus trí bliana. Tá plean tithíochta an Aire seo i bhfeidhm anois le dhá bhliain agus tá a fhios ag madraí an bhaile go bhfuil teipthe ar an bplean sin. Tá na spriocanna tithíochta ró-íseal agus tá an plean agus an Rialtas seo ag ligean síos ár muintir. Tá a fhios ag Sinn Féin gur an rud atá de dhíth ná 20,000 teach poiblí a chur ar fáil an bhliain seo chugainn agus freagra a chur ar fáil do riachtanais tithíochta ár muintir. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, has been i…

We do not.

If people who are struggling with a cost-of-living crisis in the middle of a housing crisis wanted hope, they were not going to get it from the Minister opposite today.

That is the really shameful thing. He talks about Sinn Féin and tries to mislead the public with some of his commentary. Let us deal with reality. I am talking about affordable housing. How much did he deliver in year 1? Zero. How much did he deliver in year 2? He delivered 75. How much did he deliver in year 3? Fewer than 1,000. In year 4, the Minister promised 5,500 but how much did he deliver? He will not tell us. That is how bad his plan is. It shows how little confidence the Minister has in himself that he wil…

This is under the Minister. It is why the plan is failing. I am appealing to him to change direction and not to do more of the same.

He should stop the bluster and recognise what is happening out there. The country needs a change of direction and the Minister to recognise that.

The Minister did not ask any questions.

The Minister will not even tell us the numbers.

He will not tell us the numbers delivered.

Just tell us the figures.

The Minister will still not tell us the figures because they are appalling.

The figures are appalling. The Minister's plan is failing and he knows it is failing.

The Minister said it is all right but that is the problem.

People are under pressure.

Just make it up, Darragh.

The Government's childcare policy is failing. We have had promise after promise and we still see parents paying a small fortune in fees, a perpetual staffing crisis and, every year, parents struggling to find places for their children. These problems are the result of the Government's refusal to invest properly in the sector. Childcare services in many areas right across the State are now at breaking point. As the Minister will know, next week, many childcare centres are going to close their doors for three days, w…

I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — the cost-of-living crisis is exacting enormous pressure on household finances; and — mortgage costs are among households’ largest monthly expense, with the unprecedented and sustained rise in interest rates resulting in significant financial pressure for households; notes that: — on 20th September the European Central Bank will increase its main lending rate for the tenth time since July 2022, from 0 to 4.5 per cent; — the Central Bank estimated that, prior to this most…

I thank all of the speakers who spoke on this motion today. Many of them mentioned that this is the third time we have had a motion of this nature before the House. Sinn Féin will continue to campaign and to put forward proposals that will provide relief for hard-pressed workers and families in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis. We are very conscious that there is a portion of workers and people out there who are suffering as a result of different inflationary costs, whether it is food, energy, petrol or diesel…

Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. Inné, rinne an Taoiseach tráchtanna a rinne iarracht locht na géarchéime tithíochta a aistriú ón Rialtas go dtí na hoibrithe agus na teaghlaigh atá gan tithe. Goilleann d'fhocail orthu siúd atá gafa san éigeandáil tithíochta. Is ar Fhine Gael agus ar Fhianna Fáil atá an fhreagracht as an ngéarchéim seo agus ní ar oibrithe agus ar theaghlaigh atá gan tithe. The housing crisis has dominated life in Ireland for more than a decade now and many people are struggling to put a se…