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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: They got an extra 30 seconds so perhaps I could just be able to answer this. We see those mixed tenure developments across the country. On the road infrastructure issue, I will raise this with the Minister for Transport. It is important that infrastructure comes up. I might come back in if I have a supplementary response with regard to sustainable compact growth guidelines to be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: We have delivered 110,000 new homes-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Cathaoirleach, it is very difficult-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Thank you. Our progress on housing is there to be seen. There are still-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: There are still significant-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Every single time I try to respond to a question, the Deputy opposite-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: This is a very important issue.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I am not playing politics with it like you. You try to exploit problems and put nothing forward. All you want to do is exploit people's problems and difficulties.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I would say shame on you for that, Deputy Ó Broin.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60, 80, 91, 93 and 116 together. Increased supply is key to meeting our housing need and addressing the challenges in the housing market. At its core, Housing for All seeks to significantly increase the supply of quality affordable homes. The plan comprises a suite of priority measures to transform our housing system, seeking to secure its sustainability...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: That flows as well, because I wrote to Deputy Ó Broin recently asking him to publish his analysis of the impact of the abolition of the help-to-buy grant and first home scheme on house building and new housing supply.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Strangely, Deputies Ó Broin and Doherty decided not to respond in any way to those letters. That is the contrast between what we do and what others say they will do. In the background, other party colleagues-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Sorry Eoin, I am not talking to you.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: That would be a first.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The uplift in commencement activity is being mirrored at local level across the country. For example, there were 1,019 new homes commenced in Cork county in quarter 1 2024, the highest for this period since records began more than a decade ago. The national surge in April was also seen in Cork county, with a record figure of 806 commencements in April. While it will take time to see recent...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: We know there is a lot more to do. There are people who want to buy their own home and are being helped by the Government schemes but we need to further ramp up supply. I thank Deputies O'Sullivan and O'Connor and other Government colleagues for their support for the delivery of housing. That is in stark contrast to the main Opposition party, whose members are serial objectors to new...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I am not getting into specific issues relating to that particular-----

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Raise it under Questions on Promised Legislation, Cian. I will answer you then.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: Lean ar aghaidh.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (30 May 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I have not seen the figures yet. We will publish them, as we do, for everyone to see. We have seen an increase in the number of exits from homelessness, which is welcome. People who find themselves in emergency accommodation are spending less time there and more are exiting into permanent secure homes. I assure the Deputy that supporting individuals and families facing homelessness...