Somebody got a grant for €1.5 million home.

How is that affordable?

The housing crisis is an absolute disaster. The Taoiseach spoke about homelessness earlier. I want to raise this issue. It is very clear from the data that the main cause of homelessness is evictions from the private rental sector. There is no lack of clarity in the figures on that. Some 30,000 households have been evicted since the Government lifted the eviction ban in 2023. However, one of the key measures in response to that is the tenant in situ scheme. I have been contacted by constituents from Dublin North We…

Do not tell me to get out of it.

Yes, we can. He was a CEO who oversaw the eviction of thousands of people from NAMA receiver properties. He contributed to the housing crisis. The Government will now appoint him as a housing fixer. The only doors that will be battered down, as the Minister said, will be the doors of people who are facing eviction. It is absolutely inappropriate. The Taoiseach can shake his head. He should shake his head in shame at the level of homelessness in this country and not put his eyes up to heaven about me raising this is…

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I am not shouting. I am just-----

It is not-----

That is not true, actually. The Taoiseach can take that back.

The Taoiseach just said I was nothing of the sort. I was an academic in Maynooth. That is-----

This is the same nonsense. The Taoiseach is trying to take me down. My academic-----

I am, but I was also an academic in Maynooth. The Taoiseach said I am nothing of the sort of a housing expert.

The Taoiseach did. He said I was nothing of the sort.

There is also housing policy. That is an expertise.

That is part of housing.

Yes, it does. Housing policy is-----

The Taoiseach is making derogatory comments.

There are a couple of things I want to raise in this very important debate. We know we have a housing crisis and a housing emergency. The first one is the issue of responsibility and accountability. We have a fundamental problem here in that water is clearly on the Department of housing's website as one of its core five competencies, along with planning, housing, heritage and local government. Irish Water is a State-owned company. Its shareholders are the Minister for public expenditure and the Minister for housing…

Young people are despairing. They are giving up hope that this country will ever provide them with the fundamental need and human right of a home. The people we need - nurses, teachers, doctors, tradespeople and therapists - have emigrated because of the lack of affordable housing. At a housing summit yesterday, Sherry FitzGerald said it is likely that just 25,000 homes will be built this year. That is only half of the minimum of 50,000 homes needed. Rather than turning a corner on housing, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gae…

It keeps people in their homes.