Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Foilsíodh an tuairisc reathúil is déanaí den Bhord um Thionóntachtaí Cónaithe ar maidin. Cuirfeadh sé gruaim ar dhuine é a léamh, a Thaoisigh. Sa cheathrú cuid de 2017, bhí ardú 7.4% ar theach a fháil ar cíos.

Tá an cíos ar an mheán €1,054 ar fud an Stát. Tá an cíos ar an mheán €1,511 i mBaile Átha Cliath. I mórcheantar Bhaile Átha Cliath tá costas cíosa níos mó ná €1,100. Tharla sé seo fad agus a bhí do Rialtas i gcumhacht a Thaoisigh. In ainneoin do ráiteas rialta go raibh tú ag déileáil leis an bhfadhb. Tá gnáthdaoine i mBaile Átha Cliath, i gCorcaigh agus ar fud na tíre ag íoc suas le leath dá bpá ar chíos. Tá siad ag maireachtáil ar éigean. Seo iad daoine a éiríonn go moc ar maidin a Thaoisigh. Oibríonn said go crua. Ba mhian leo airgead a sholáthar dá gclanna. Tá éispéis acu. Ba mhaith leo plean a dhéanamh don todhchaí ach ní féidir leo. Tá sé scannalach ach ní ábhar iontais é de bharr thaifead do Rialtas ar chúrsaí tithíóchta.

This morning's quarterly report from the Residential Tenancies Board makes for very grim reading. Average rent levels in Dublin, the greater Dublin area and across the State are utterly scandalous. Yesterday I raised with the Tánaiste the issue of the working poor or the just-getting-by class, as I described them. I set out for him in the clearest way the manner in which these workers and families were struggling and today these scandalous rent figures have been published. They reflect the fact that the Government's stated ambition to achieve rent certainty or affordability is clearly failing. Its policy is failing. That average rent across the State is €1,054 is a cause of shame and disgrace. It is unaffordable for working families, people at work who get up very early in the morning, work very hard and have the modest aspiration of having a secure roof over their heads. What is the Government going to do? The situation is clearly not sustainable. When will the Government introduce real rent certainty?

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