Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, has been telling everyone for a long time that he is planning to introduce an affordable housing scheme. Yesterday a list of forthcoming legislation was published by the Government. Amazingly, despite the significant housing crisis, there was no mention of an affordable housing scheme. Many citizens remain excluded from the housing market. The Government made a commitment to resolve the housing crisis, yet we will not have an affordable housing scheme. When will we see such a scheme? What is holding things up? It is not rocket science to introduce a proper system. I remind the Tánaiste that this is the Government's second term and we still have not seen an affordable housing scheme.

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