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Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Réada Cronin: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta Ó Broin as an rún seo. It is clear that the Government's affordable purchase scheme is failing, yet the Minister is here trying to keep the charade going. House prices are continuing to spiral out of control, increasing by 10% in the past year alone. The Government's so-called affordable purchase homes, with prices ranging from...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Johnny Mythen: Housing is one of the greatest problems facing our country today. From Dubai to Toronto to New York and from Canada to Australia, we have lost another generation of young people. They are leaving because they simply cannot afford to buy or rent a home in their own country. Domestically, our young people have lost any hope of ever owning a home of their own. Rents and house prices have...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: Last night, I talked to a young family in Lusk. They are a husband, wife and two kids. I know them and knew them when they lived in Swords. They were evicted from their property because their landlord was selling up. They are both working and have good jobs. They work damn hard. In any normal, functioning society, those people would, without question, be able to buy their own home....

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: As the Minister knows, Simon Communities today released its quarterly report, Locked Out of the Market, on the experience of people on low incomes and those relying on HAP in accessing the housing market. We did not have to see this report to know that in Limerick city, where I live, no properties are available to rent under the HAP scheme. The report found that 12 of the 16 areas analysed...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that: - Housing for All - a New Housing Plan for Ireland, now in its third year of implementation, sets out a comprehensive suite of actions aimed at addressing affordability in the housing sector; - Housing for All and the Affordable Housing Act 2021, have put in place...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, they will.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I did not interrupt once.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am confirming it for you again.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: We know this is not correct. Deputy Ó Broin knows this is not correct. It is also very misleading. Deputy Ó Broin himself admits there are concerns to be addressed with his party's scheme. His proposed solutions to the concerns are simply quite bizarre. On 3 October, in response to questions from the Business Post on security risks and securitisation risks with the scheme,...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Yes, absolutely.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Do they recognise the inherent unfairness in a cohort of purchasers having a State guarantee, a safety net that Sinn Féin is providing, if they were to default on their mortgage, while the majority of other mortgage holders would not? Are they aware of, or have they had conversations on, the state aid issues for such a guarantee scheme? To further complicate matters, Deputy Ó...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: If you stay to the end, I will be happy to-----

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I am also interested in what Deputy Ó Broin has to say to a couple earning the average wage on a joint income of €90,000. Deputy Ó Broin floundered on this the last time we debated it on RTÉ. His plan excludes such couples entirely from the Sinn Féin scheme. Through his plan, he is telling them Sinn Féin does not want to know about them. Does Deputy...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The question will arise in the coming weeks as to whether the Irish people and those who need housing can afford another few years of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. I am convinced they cannot. I am relieved that there is a viable alternative. I am passionate and committed to the vision Deputy Ó Broin has put forward on this because, for the first time in many years, it offers a...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Sorca Clarke: Almost two years ago, I stood in this House and said that housing was the real test for this Government and that it had failed and failed spectacularly, undermining our health and education systems and businesses while pushing another generation to emigrate. The only thing that has changed in the interim is that it has managed to get worse under Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. The Sinn...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Denise Mitchell: The notion of affordable housing in this State under this Government is a myth. It is a Government soundbite that has no foundation in reality. Look at the Oscar Traynor Road development. Prices were initially proposed at €475,000 for a three-bedroom semi-detached house. After the initial outcry, this was reduced to €360,000, with the State taking a higher stake in the...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Mairead Farrell: The Simon Community's report entitled Locked Out of the Market was published today. It again shows that there are zero rental properties available that would be affordable for people on HAP. According to the latest report from the RTB, rents of existing tenancies have risen by 7% and 12.6% in the past year. I do not need to read reports to know that housing is completely unaffordable for...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: There has been a technical issue with the distribution of the Government amendment. It is being emailed now and a hard copy will be available soon.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I move: That Dáil Éireann: agrees that the Government's Affordable Purchase Scheme is not working, while house prices continue to spiral out of control with a 10.1 per cent increase in the last 12 months according to the Central Statistics Office; notes that: - no affordable purchase homes were delivered in 2020 or 2021; and - only 323 affordable purchase homes were delivered...