Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats)

We obviously have a housing crisis across the country but the impact of the housing crisis in Gaeltacht areas and what it is doing to our language is incredibly serious. There has been huge disruption to limited housing supply for Irish speakers. This is something that has been caused by disruptive practices from the short-term letting sector. BÁNÚ has highlighted the situation well where we have had highly qualified Irish language speakers working in Gaeltacht areas and who are from those areas unable to get housing and sleeping in vans and in effect skilled workers with the language that we need in the Gaeltacht areas being driven out of the area because they cannot access housing. It is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. Addressing the issue has my full support.