Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

Economic recovery means very little if you cannot put an affordable roof over your head. In my area, average rents are now €2,200 a month and average house prices are in excess of €600,000. If you are on HAP, you are goosed, because the most they will give you is €1,900. So, what are you supposed to do? I would like to know what the Taoiseach thinks I should say to people coming into my clinic who are saying they have no place to live and they cannot afford to pay those sorts of rents. Of course, social housing should be the answer. However, figures just revealed by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council this week will really shock Members. Does the Taoiseach know many council houses were delivered in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area last year? Zero. Next year, the number of council houses that will be delivered in the area will be in single digits. It is just beyond tolerable. Seriously, what does the Taoiseach expect me to say to people who are coming into my clinic and who are faced with homelessness because there is absolutely nothing for them?

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