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Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: She is not even here to defend herself.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: She explicitly said-----

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am defending people being honest on the floor of the Dáil.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Some 2,000 extra emergency beds. Do the Minister's officials know about this?

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Minister of State is out of time.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: At the very centre of this legislation is a simple fact: in three days' time, because of the decisions of the Government, very many people, adults and children, will become lose the rental properties in which they have been living. The Government has put in place no credible plan to ensure that they have somewhere safe to go. I listened carefully to the Minister and the Minister of State,...

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have no confidence in this Government.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Among the many reasons that I have no confidence is that I have no confidence in the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Housing or his failed housing plan. Under Deputy Darragh O'Brien's stewardship, enthusiastically supported by the Tánaiste, Deputy Martin, and the Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, this Government has turned a housing crisis into a catastrophe. Let us look at some...

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: In two-and-a-half years house prices have increased by 20%. Home ownership is now more difficult than at any other time in decades. Rents in the private rental sector have increased by a staggering 23%. That means that renting is more expensive than ever before. The Taoiseach, for the second day in a row, has claimed there were 50,000 new tenancies registered with the Residential...

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Government targets are too low, they are not being met and the consequence is that social housing need is rising. In fact, trying to outdo the Taoiseach for misrepresentation of the facts, the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, told us last week that social housing need had miraculously shrunk by 36% in a decade. What he actually means is they have moved people from social housing waiting lists...

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: With respect to the 30,000 homes, independent experts are telling the Government that we need at least 50,000 so even hitting 30,000, if that is the true figure, comes nowhere close to what is required. Interestingly, there is no more talk of increased commencements because we only learned this week that they are now 20% down on last year. There is no more talk about increased planning...

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: When you look through all of the housing policy initiatives of this Government, what do they all do? Help to buy and shared equity schemes increase house prices. What does the Land Development Agency, LDA, do? Very little, because it was not given the powers actively to manage land. The so-called affordable housing programme is producing homes that are not affordable even under the...

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am glad to see the Minister for homelessness finds it so funny.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: What safety net?

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is no funding.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: There is not one cent of extra funding.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Where is the legislation?

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: Where is the legislation?

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: How long will the legislation take?

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Eoin Ó Broin: It does not exist yet.