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register shows it. The Government has bent to those lobbyists instead of protecting renters. Renters are already struggling - they are in poverty and they cannot afford food, basics and healthcare. Families are going into homelessness as a result of this and what the Government has done today

gives those people who are living hand to mouth and who barely have enough to cover the cost of everything, from putting food on the table to keeping their heat or whatever going, great trouble. This measure will facilitate the crowd with the expensive houses worth more than … sadly missing, and I am asking that it be brought back. As already stated, many people are living in poverty. Many are poor and struggling to put food on the table. It gives them a lot of trouble, and I feel for those people. There should be some

intergenerational poverty. It is critical, therefore, that there is a focus in budget 2026 on breaking that cycle. The cumulative impact of continued rising costs of living has created a landslide effect for low-income families such that the very basics, such as nutritious food and keeping their … minimum essential standard of living to ensure that everyone has enough to sustain a decent quality of life. All future budgets must be poverty-proofed and set against the targets of the anti-poverty strategy. At a very basic level, we need a radical change in housing policy

line is that the elevated level of inflation, arising out of the post-Covid situation and the war on Ukraine, has meant that food prices are very high. That is acknowledged. We have provided substantial support over recent budgets, which were decried by the Opposition, with significant financial … cost-of-living supports such as the pandemic unemployment payment, energy credits and lump-sum welfare payments played a critical role in reducing poverty risk among vulnerable households and that without those interventions Ireland's at-risk-of-poverty rate would have increased

private sector because their low wages are deemed to be too high. These people are plunged not only into despair but into poverty as a result of the policies that have been foisted on them by this Government and the previous Government when it comes to the provision … hope of ever accessing either a social house or purchasing a house themselves despite working hard day in, day out to keep food on the table and a roof over their heads. I will give a real-life example of the damage the Government's policies are doing

looking at that. Revenue has a great collection rate. It is either 93% or 97%. How many people are we pushing further into poverty because they cannot pay their bills today? How many are pushing the payment of their bills to a later date? How many are living … money and have total disregard for how those in a household might be feeling hard pressed in the context of putting food on the table or looking after the other bills they have to pay. People are still living in fear that the vulture funds will come