Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is an age-old problem. When I was a member of the local authority many years ago, we operated a policy of allocating 10% of all social housing units built in the area surrounding the Curragh to people who were overholders at that stage. There continued to be a problem. I am asking the Minister explicitly to back off from pressurising people out of their homes for the duration of this housing emergency. Will the Department speak to Kildare County Council about the possibility of a lease arrangement in respect not only of those houses that are currently occupied, but also the many houses owned by the Department that are capable of being used to meet the emergency situation that exists in County Kildare? The Department of Defence quite rightly made a contribution to the homeless crisis in Dublin. I am asking it to make a contribution to the social housing crisis in County Kildare for the duration of that crisis only.

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