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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Data (11 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: In line with its obligations under Circular 25/2016, the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), the only body under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach, has a dedicated email address for Oireachtas members: Oireachtas@nesdo.ie. NESDO maybe contacted by telephone at 01-8146300. Oireachtas members wishing to contact the Department of the Taoiseach can use the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (11 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 4 and 5 together. The Department of the Taoiseach has no capital expenditure subhead in its Estimates and no capital expenditure has been incurred by the Department or the National Economic and Social Development Office (NESDO), the only body under the aegis of the Department, in the years 2022, 2023 or 2024.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (11 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: No retired officials have been re-engaged by the Department of the Taoiseach on a consultancy basis in the past four years or to date in 2025.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: I reject completely the Deputy's assertions. She is guilty of severely exaggerated commentary on the reform of the RPZs announced last week. The bottom line is that as a result of those reforms, renters will have stronger protections than ever before. All renters will be covered by RPZs. It will be interesting that the first item on the agenda of our RPZ reforms will be something that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: It begs the question, though, as to how Deputy McDonald could, to date, oppose up to 1,700 housing units in her own area, in Clonliffe College, and likewise in Cabra. If the Deputy is saying it is an emergency across the country, how come it is not an emergency in her constituency or in the areas where her party objects?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: She simply cannot have it both ways. This duplicitous approach to housing has to end. What we need from Deputy McDonald are concrete solutions on how we increase supply so that we can get a situation where we can build 50,000 units a year.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy's party's policies-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: I am not talking about Deputy McDonald personally; I am talking about the Sinn Féin Party.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Sinn Féin Party's policy objective over time is to reduce the size of the private rental sector.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: If Deputy McDonald looks at her policies in recent years, they have been designed to suppress supply in the private rental market. We have built more social houses in the past four years than have been built since 1975.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: Some 36,500 new social houses were built.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: In 2023, 12,000 social houses were delivered and 10,500 were delivered last year.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: These are record numbers of social housing delivery.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: Deputy McDonald says her party can go to 30,000 overnight. She has not outlined how she would get to 30,000 overnight.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: The measures and reforms proposed last week will cap rent for all existing tenants to 2%. Deputy McDonald knows that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: Rent increases for any new tenancies, post-2026, will be linked to the CPI.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: I did not say that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: It was last week that I said that.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: I will first say to the Deputy that since the Government came in a number of months ago in January, we have approved an extra €700 million in respect of projects and programmes for social and affordable housing. We passed the national planning framework, which will enable local authorities to zone far more land for house construction. We brought forward proposals on legislation to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jun 2025)

Micheál Martin: Very significantly protecting protections for renters which Deputy Bacik is clearly ignoring in her commentary. While at the same time, in terms of new investment and new units, which we do need, there has to be a clear policy certainty and stability in the market so that people can invest. After 2026, linking new units to the consumer price index, CPI, and a right to reset after six years...

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