Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When it comes to housing, we have a perfect storm in County Donegal. No social housing was built for approximately ten years. We have families who have been pushed into private rental across the county. There is no affordable housing taking place in County Donegal even though the income threshold is €30,000 for families. That is why we have huge numbers of young people emigrating to Australia and Canada from all across the county. When we add in the defective block crisis, we really have a profound crisis in our county; as I said, a perfect storm.

Will the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage urgently go to County Donegal, as has been requested, and meet with a cross-party delegation of councillors, including those from his own party, to talk about how Donegal County Council can help the families with defective blocks and assist the families who cannot afford to build their own homes all across the county?

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