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

The final progress report for 2022 does not include social and affordable rental or purchase output. This omission is incomprehensible. When will the Government publish these figures? The Daft.ierent report for the same period shows new rents spiralling upwards to record highs. Spiralling rents are, of course, a consequence of Government failure to deliver adequate levels of social and affordable homes. At least one third of renters should not be living in privately rented accommodation and the private developer sector alone cannot deliver the volumes of homes to rent or buy at prices that working people can afford. Property price inflation will continue to rise without an adequate market intervention that meets that challenge head on. The Children's Rights Alliance has highlighted the lack of a specific focus on children or a dedicated plan that targets child and family homelessness in the Housing for All strategy. When will that be addressed? I had other questions but I do not have time to put them.

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