Simon Harris tells Mary Lou McDonald that if verbosity was an Olympic sport she would win gold
The Taoiseach has told Mary Lou McDonald that if “fluency and verbosity” were an Olympic sport she would win a gold medal.
The pair engaged in a row after the Sinn Féin leader argued the report of the Housing Commission revealed the Government had paid out €10 billion in accommodation supports since 2011 — with nothing to show for it.
The money was spent on HAP, RAS and the Rent Supplement, schemes to help people afford accommodation.
“You say landlords, I say renters,” the Taoiseach said as to whom was benefitting from the vast expenditure.
He held up a graph to show ramped-up housing provision since the Government came to office in 2020.
Simon Harris said that the situation in 2011, amid the financial crash, was the State could not afford a house-building programme and had provided supports where it could.
Credit to : Sunday World