Planning and housing accusations
A heated exchange followed over accusations that members had objected to housing developments, with the Chair repeatedly intervening to maintain order. The dispute centred on the Minister's claim that opposition parties had blocked homes and on members' insistence that this was untrue.
Sorry, a Cheann Comhairle, but when-----
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-----somebody starts up here and tells an untruth to this House-----
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------it is a lie is anybody else’s terminology, but in this House we have to call it "an untruth". It is an untruth that I objected to the houses that the Minister is talking about.
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Cad a dhearna thú? What did you do?
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It is about time you were called out.
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In your area, Deputy Paul Donnelly-----