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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Cian O'Callaghan: What will fees be in September? Will they be €2,000 or €3,000? This is the fourth time the Minister has been asked that question so could he give a direct answer to that question? What will students and their families be hit with in September? Can the Minister answer that question? In terms of dismissing things, it seems as if this Government is dismissing what it promised...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: The programme for Government is centrally important and informs all Ministers in how they negotiate in any budget. What is referenced in the programme for Government relating to students and third level will inform the Minister's budgetary negotiation. What happened in previous years when temporary one-off measures were taken was that they were taken in the aftermath of the start of an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Catherine Connolly: Tá an deis á tapú agam anois córas iarnróid éadroma do chathair na Gaillimhe a ardú. Tá an cheist seo thar a bheith tábhachtach. Is í an cheist i ndáiríre ná an bhfuil an dánacht agus an chrógacht san Aire ceannaireacht a thaispeáint agus glacadh leis an gcoincheap seo chun córas iarnróid éadroma...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I am familiar with the serious congestion in Galway city and the broader Galway region. As the Deputy knows, the National Transport Authority, NTA, has been developing the Galway metropolitan area transport strategy to inform what is possible for the future in the context of public transport but also road infrastructure in the Galway region, in conjunction with Galway City Council and Galway...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Deputies: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I absolutely reject what Deputy Bacik set out there concerning the Minister, Deputy Browne. If we look at the series of actions and reforms he has undertaken in recent weeks, I think a significant difference will be made in driving housing supply, private and public, in our economy. He has reformed and streamlined the approval process for new-build social housing projects this week, making...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Minister. He can come back in. I call Deputy Bacik.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: If we look at the series of reforms the Minister has taken, it will make a difference.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: The Government seem to be content to express disappointment and say that the measures it is taking will have an effect. The reality for people across the country facing eviction is that there is no hope and no lifeline. The Minister said that increasing supply was the key priority. Of course it should be; that is right. Instead of seeing a ramping up of construction activity, though, we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Conor Sheehan: Lethargy.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: -----a failure to act, a lethargy that leaves people in despair. People are telling us they have no hope of any prospect of owning-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Deputy. I call the Minister to respond.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: -----or even of being able to rent their own homes because there is so little out there. What is the Government offering now to people facing eviction?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Verona Murphy: I thank the Deputy, but she is over time. I call the Minister to respond.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I have referenced a series of actions being taken,-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Ivana Bacik: No-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Mary Lou McDonald: Raising rents.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: -----including the strengthening of the Land Development Agency, continuing to support the increased supply of social and affordable homes-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (2 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: -----and the measures the Minister, Deputy Browne, has taken to cut through some of the bureaucracy that exists around the four-stage approval process and reform that. He has taken a series of measures that will increase the supply of social and affordable homes.