Simon Harris tells Mary Lou McDonald that if Verbosity was an Olympic Sport she would Win Gold May 23, 2024 Admin Politics </p> <h2>Simon Harris tells Mary Lou McDonald that if verbosity was an Olympic sport she would win gold</h2> <p> The Taoiseach has told Mary Lou McDonald that if “fluency and verbosity” were an Olympic sport she would win a gold medal.</p> <p>The pair engaged in a row after the Sinn Féin leader argued the report of the Housing Commission revealed the Government had paid out €10 billion in accommodation supports since 2011 — with nothing to show for it.</p> <p>The money was spent on HAP, RAS and the Rent Supplement, schemes to help people afford accommodation.</p> <p>“You say landlords, I say renters,” the Taoiseach said as to whom was benefitting from the vast expenditure.</p> <p>He held up a graph to show ramped-up housing provision since the Government came to office in 2020.</p> <p>Simon Harris said that the situation in 2011, amid the financial crash, was the State could not afford a house-building programme and had provided supports where it could.<br /> Credit to : Sunday World</p> <p> Please support our Sponsors here --
