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'Well said, Joe' - Tipperary teenager weighs in on heated housing debate on Katie Hannon
Another said: "Well spoken young man, some hope for our future." Someone else added: "More young people like you we need."
Many people have echoed the concerns raised by Joe, with the proposal being met with a lot of anger and backlash.
Minister O'Donnell defended the proposal on the show by saying he wants to provide choices for people on a voluntary basis and that there may have been a misinterpretation of this.
In terms of the housing crisis in Ireland, the Minister admitted that we do "have an emergency situation here."
The debate has stirred a massive response online, with one person simply saying: "What an absolutely useless response by this government to the housing crisis."
Another said: "Leave our parents alone. They bought their homes, they built a life in a community, how dare they be expected to give that up! It's their home. Leave them alone."
Someone else said: "No way should anyone have to leave their home. How dare they even come up with such an idea."
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