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Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I make no apologies for that.

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Equity debt.

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Debt with interest.

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Pushing house prices and punishing-----

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is thanks to the Minister.

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: There are 600 social homes this year.

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: That is thanks to the Minister.

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: All those families-----

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: This is not a joke. Some 3,000 children are homeless.

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister gave up on those children.

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Apologies.

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Hear, hear.

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the Minister of State for his response. The problem is that there is a void at the very heart of the Government's housing plan, which is the lack of an ambitious public housing delivery programme, based on the level of need that is out there. Even if the Government meets its social and affordable housing targets, which I do not believe it will, it will come nowhere close to meeting...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Instruction to Committee (13 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I wish to put on the record my objection in the strongest possible terms both to the motion and, more important, to the way these amendments have been introduced at a very late stage with virtually no possibility of Oireachtas scrutiny. That is not only a breach of proper procedure, but it is also treating this House and its Members with appalling disrespect. More important, it shows...

Rent Reduction Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Renters desperately need a break. Renters are paying rents that are far too high, and they are continuing to rise. Tenancies are increasingly insecure and there is a very significant rise in family homelessness, as evidenced in Dublin. The most recent daft.ierent register shows that the cost of an average rent for a whole year is €24,000. In Cork city, the Taoiseach's constituency,...

Electoral Reform Bill: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: In speaking to this group of amendments, it not only confirms the concerns of the Deputies who spoke earlier but demonstrates how much worse it is than that. This was meant to be really important legislation. We have spent in committee a considerable amount of time working on a cross-party basis, probably more so than on any other legislation we have dealt with in this Oireachtas, to ensure...

Electoral Reform Bill: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Even the Ceann Comhairle is confused by that.

Electoral Reform Bill: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I want to put on the record that we will be back here at some point to deal with amending legislation. This Bill is going to end up in the courts. It is almost like a mirror image of the substitute consent legislation we will deal with shortly, the first version of which was not right and was rushed through at the end. That legislation was subject to significant legal challenge, which...

Electoral Reform Bill: From the Seanad (13 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: One way or another, the Bill is coming back to us. It is a shame it is being done in this manner.

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Perhaps we should reset the tone of this conversation because I do not think any of us will benefit if we have a row. We are going to have some strong disagreements about the legislation but, just as we did with the Maritime Area Planning Bill and other significant Bills, we can have a rational conversation without trying to provoke each other. To respond directly to the Minister of State's...