Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise an issue of national importance, namely, the continuing housing crisis whereby social housing development has been brought to a complete halt, over €500 million is being spent each year to subsidise developers and landlords and feet are being dragged on the issue of a social dividend from NAMA which is essential if the huge housing problems across the State are to be addressed, especially in the case of stalled regeneration projects such as that at St. Teresa's Gardens where people are living in conditions that have been described by medical experts as unsafe and at Dolphin House where a resident recently won a case stating his housing conditions were unfit for human habitation.

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