I condemn, unreservedly, any threat or use of violence against anybody by anybody, be it against gardaí or against protesters. Will the Taoiseach condemn the use of actual violence - not threatened violence - against wholly peaceful protesters? Some of the protesters were hospitalised with concussion, cuts and bruises or had to get stitches as a result of the violence of hooded gardaí and the private security people who used excessive violence against peaceful protesters.

Yes, the Government should build public housing, as the Taoiseach has said, but last night I looked at his Departments' figures to refresh myself. They show that between 2011 and 2018 the Taoiseach's governments built 2,827 council houses while in the same period the housing list has gone from 96,000 families to 136,000 families when one includes transfer lists-----

Those figures are incorrect.

-----of HAP and RAS, which, I put to the Minister, is massaging the figures.

The Deputy is changing the definitions.

The number of people in emergency accommodation has quadrupled. We have the shocking obscenity of children and families in growing numbers in emergency accommodation.

The Deputy is over time.

That policy has failed, and unless the Taoiseach addresses it and stops with policies that continue to hand over billions of euro in tax breaks to private speculators and landlords for land, property and cash, as the Government is proposing to do again with the Land Development Agency-----

The Deputy is well over his time, please.

-----it will never solve this crisis and it will continue to get worse.

Will the Taoiseach conclude, please?

Absolutely. As I said earlier, with regard to the occupation of vacant properties, the city and county councils have the powers to use a compulsory purchase order, CPO, on properties. Many councils are doing that and if they are not using a CPO on a particular property, then I assume the council has a reason. Many of the properties being occupied are in the Dublin City Council area. This council is dominated by Sinn Féin and left-wing councillors. The Deputy should ask them to give an explanation as to why these CPOs are not being sought for these properties.

With regard to building social housing, this is exactly what the Government is doing. We have set aside funding to increase Ireland's public housing stock by 110,000 units over the next ten years and by 50,000 in the next five years. Last year we increased the social housing stock by 7,000. That includes direct builds and approved housing bodies such as the Iveagh Trust, which has provided social housing in Ireland for a very long time. It also includes councils buying properties from developers. It is all social housing that belongs to the councils. People are given secure tenancies. There were 7,000 last year and there will be more again this year. We will ramp it up to 10,000 per year and we will provide an additional 110,000 social housing units over the next ten years. That is our guarantee and we are making it happen.

It would be helpful if Sinn Féin and left-wing councillors did not vote down social housing in Dublin City Council and in South Dublin County Council.

It is Fine Gael councillors-----

Deputies have their reasons-----

That is not fair.

Can we have some order, please?

If Deputies were as concerned-----

The Taoiseach is telling lies.

Please, let the Taoiseach respond.

If Deputies were as concerned-----

If Deputies are as concerned about these issues as they make out, and if they really want emergency measures, then they must tell their own councillors not to vote against any social housing under any circumstances.

This dishonesty is incredible.

That is a bit rich coming from Deputy Ó Broin's party.

We need some order, please. We shall proceed to the Order of Business.