Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Housing was supposed to be a priority for this Government. The housing crisis is getting worse. More and more people have to leave their homes. The banks are selling them. Landlords are selling houses. Bureaucracy and red tape are still holding up the building of local authority housing. The four-stage process demanded by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government is holding up local authorities and the building of houses. While they can opt for the one-stage process, in reality they cannot because if they opt for the one-stage process and any extra costs arise, the local authorities have to foot that bill. Therefore, they will not opt for that in the way that it was hoped to be operated.

The Government has announced millions and millions of euro several times and yet very little has been built. I suppose there will be more announcements of funding, but nothing built.

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