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๐ฃ๏ธ "It's a demand side intervention when we've got a supply side problem." John Cummins TD, Minister of State at the Department of Housing, and Kieran Cuddihy discuss housing targets and supply vs demand interventions. #TonightVMTV

๐ฃ๏ธ "To me, the Government need to open up their eyes and see what's going on." Mark Wall TD on the housing crisis and vacant properties. #TonightVMTV



๐ฃ๏ธ "The question has got to be asked and the Opposition are asking, is there a problem with money here?" - Mark Wall TD ๐ฃ๏ธ "We need all levers, working in tandem with one another." - John Cummins TD, Minister of State, Department of Housing #TonightVMTV

๐ฃ๏ธ "I found it very difficult to believe that someone didn't say 'Hey DG, we think there's a problem.'" Malcolm Byrne ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ on RTร's Oireachtas appearance and the culture within the organisation. #TonightVMTV

๐ฃ๏ธ "Unless you address the fact that this is public money, that you can't just willy-nilly spend." Aengus O Snodaigh TD on the culture at RTร and the need for it to come under the control of an Auditor General. #TonightVMTV

๐ฃ๏ธ "At no point did they turn around and go, 'Well, I wonder was there any money lost here?' And that was the pile of garbage that was fed to the Oireachtas committee." - Fionnan Sheahan #TonightVMTV

๐ฃ๏ธ "So, there's always the dead man's strategy of the people who aren't here are the ones who are accountable and who knew about it." Fionnan Sheahan on accountability within RTร. #TonightVMTV

๐ฃ๏ธ "To have two Government supporting TDs going overboard will lend a level of significance to it." Fionnan Sheahan looks at Sinn Fรฉin's defeated motion to stop the sale of Israeli war bonds. #TonightVMTV

๐ฃ๏ธ "All you have to do is look at what the Israeli ministers have said in relation to these bonds, that the easiest way of supporting Israel during the period of this war is to buy its bonds." Aengus O Snodaigh TD on Sinn Fรฉin's defeated motion to ban the sale of Israeli bonds.

๐ฃ๏ธ "It's far more important that the actions we take are actually effective." Malcolm Byrne ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ on why the Government did not support the motion to ban the sale of Israeli war bonds. #TonightVMTV


๐ฃ๏ธ "All we can say is be careful, mind yourself and stay in contact with your student unions across the country." Jenny ๐ต๐ธ advises students heading to the USA as the White House considers extending social media background checks for all foreign students. #TonightVMTV

๐ฃ๏ธ "It's about stifling debate, about stifling academic freedom." - Jenny ๐ต๐ธ ๐ฃ๏ธ "This decision is very similar to oppressive regimes, where people have to be careful of what they and what they write." - Aengus O Snodaigh TD #TonightVMTV