Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

A constituent of mine, a man who was finally allocated a property in October last year after 18 years on the Kildare County Council list only to be told he cannot move in to his long-awaited home because there is no street lighting installed, may, worse still, be forced into emergency accommodation. The Tánaiste promised Housing for All and yet people waiting years on housing lists are now unable to move in to their housing due to utility supply companies, such as Electric Ireland and Uisce Éireann, dragging their collective heels in connecting basic services to this housing. What measures can the Government take to push these entities to do what they are supposed to do and to ensure people, such as my constituent, can move in to their long-awaited housing promptly? This is disgraceful. Imagine giving somebody the answer that they may put him into emergency accommodation even though he has been granted a house after 18 years. What is the Tánaiste going to do? It is absolutely disgraceful.

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