I wish to share time with Deputies Coppinger and Boyd Barrett.

Sentiment score: 0.60

The housing and homelessness crisis is the most fundamental issue facing this country and the outgoing Government has failed to deal with it. In the Thirty-second Dáil, I introduced the Housing Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill and it is my intention to reintroduce that Bill at the earliest opportunity. I salute the young disability rights campaigner, Cara Darmody, from Ardfinnan, County Tipperary, who has done Trojan work in this area. However, Cara would be the first to acknowledge that a lot more needs to be done. The Government and the HSE must stop breaking the law. They must ensure that assessment of need is carried out within the six-month limit and that an appropriate place is available for every child. They must also ensure early access to therapy services and day and residential services for adults.

Sentiment score: 0.03

South Tipperary urgently needs and demands the construction, as promised, of a 20-bed inpatient mental health unit at Tipperary University Hospital, the reopening of St. Brigid's Hospital in Carrick-on-Suir and the construction of the long-awaited bypasses for Tipperary town, Clonmel and Carrick-on-Suir.

Sentiment score: 0.36