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A vote for Fine Gael is a vote for the architects of the housing disaster

Former Fine Gael Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy’s confession that Fine Gael chose not to prioritise the housing disaster is a damning indictment of their shameful record on housing, according to Social Democrats deputy leader Cian O’Callaghan.

“In an interview in the Business Post today, Mr Murphy states Fine Gael “didn’t escalate housing to priority number one – because we didn’t want to”.

“He further states the party “wasn’t radical enough’; his colleagues didn’t have “the time or energy to help” him and he was left waiting for six months when important legislation had to drafted.

“Mr Murphy’s assessment of his own, and his party’s, failures is both searingly honest and incredibly stark. While he may have pushed for stronger, more urgent action, he wilted at the first sign of opposition from a party that didn’t really seem to care very much about the deteriorating housing disaster.

“Fine Gael refused point blank to treat housing like an emergency – and that was back in 2016. Now, eight years later, we are dealing with an unmitigated disaster that has ruined tens of thousands lives all over the country. Much of that damage could have been avoided if the right decisions were made back then.

“Mr Murphy’s admission, that Fine Gael didn’t prioritise housing and took the wrong policy approach, highlights what is at stake in this election. A vote for Fine Gael is a vote for the architects of the housing disaster.”

13 November, 2024

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