Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)

The Government seem to be content to express disappointment and say that the measures it is taking will have an effect. The reality for people across the country facing eviction is that there is no hope and no lifeline. The Minister said that increasing supply was the key priority. Of course it should be; that is right. Instead of seeing a ramping up of construction activity, though, we have seen delays and pauses in the building of social homes. In the last week alone, we have seen further delays announced. We have seen the filleting of the tenant in situ scheme. Councils, including Cork City Council, are telling us that they are curtailing the scheme, which was supposed to offer a lifeline for families facing homelessness to keep them out of homelessness. Far from energy, what we are seeing from the Minister, Deputy Browne, and the wider Government is inertia,-----

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