My blood is boiling after listening to that speech. Fine Gael has been in power for 15 years and Fianna Fáil supported the party for 11 of those years. It has been the same absolute waffle. Who has done great out of this in all of that time? It has been the bankers, bondholders, developers and vultures - the corporate interests. They have all been paid. They have all got their deals. This Government will go down in history, and in shame. Multiple Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael housing Ministers presided over the worst housing evictions since the Famine. Is that why we fought for our freedom and independence? Is that what de Valera had in his head when he established Fianna Fáil - to outdo the British occupiers in evicting people on this island? Sinn Féin again calls for an emergency ban on no-fault evictions and a freeze on rent hikes. These are the only measures that will protect the thousands who face eviction. I spoke to Ciara this evening, a young mother born and reared in Dublin 15, who is in a hub in a hotel in Tallaght. Spiralling rent has made it impossible for her. Another couple are being evicted this Friday. The mother has severe medical needs and needs daily medical care. The family is not on the housing list. They are new to the system and are terrified. They cannot afford €2,000 in rent. A couple of apartments are owned by the vulture groups in Dublin 15. It costs €2,100 to rent a one-bedroom apartment and €2,500 to rent a two-bedroom apartment in the Windmill development. I met two other families in my office last week, both of which have four children and have spent four years in homeless accommodation in one room. The last time I heard of entire families living in one room was in a tenement museum in Henrietta Street that I visited last year. Can the Minister of State imagine that a hotel or a building housing homeless people might become a museum? Historians will show future generations that in 2026 thousands of children were housed in these buildings for years and the housing Minister of the day chose to do nothing to end it, despite this being one of the wealthiest countries in Europe, with billions in surplus budgets.

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The Government can choose that legacy today.

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