Results 11,961-11,980 of 28,221 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (23 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: My Department is continuing to work closely with local authorities and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) to identify, refurbish, and bring into use, multi-unit vacant properties that may be suitable and available for accommodation purposes for beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine. In cases where buildings identified as vacant...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: Local authorities operate a number of Choice Based Letting systems. Several offer paper-based systems, while others offer both paper-based and online services. Local authorities are generally helpful in assisting applicants to apply for their services and anyone who has difficulty in accessing should contact their local authority.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: Sinn Féin has no respect at all.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: We are building homes.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: We know that Sinn Féin does not believe-----
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: I did not interrupt any of the Deputies once. We know Sinn Féin does not believe in home ownership.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: It is plainly obvious.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: What does Sinn Féin's alternative budget propose to do?
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: It proposes to abolish the help-to-buy grant which has helped 32,000 homeowners.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: It will scrap the first home scheme that has already issued more than 670 approval certificates to people, many of whom are stuck in a rental trap, to help them buy their own home. Sinn Féin opposed that.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: Inexplicably, there is something wrong with giving homeowners a grant to help to do up vacant and derelict properties.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: Sinn Féin opposed that scheme, Croí Cónaithe, as well.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: We know for a fact, which Sinn Féin does not like, that the party continues to oppose housing developments------
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: -----throughout the country.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: In Dublin alone, it has opposed developments to build more than 6,000 houses.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: While Sinn Féin's motion is about semantics and takes a cynical approach, I want to know what practical measures it will bring forward. I will seek its support later this year and I ask whether it will support the emergency planning measures the Government will bring forward-----
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: -----to expedite delivery of more social homes.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: The Deputy will not confirm whether he will support measures to expedite and increase the number of social homes.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: Furthermore-----
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: I did not interrupt any of the speakers from the Opposition side.