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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: We delivered 10,000 in 2022-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: Yes, between leasing, acquisitions and so on.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: The target this year is 12,000. We need to do more and we will. We are doing affordable but Opposition Deputies keep opposing everything we do to try to provide more housing. Deputy Boyd Barrett, it is alleged, has opposed well over 1,500 houses in his own constituency. Indeed, it could be close to 2,000.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: In one case he said that it would "dampen the Victorian ambience" of the area.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: Then he comes in here and shouts about a housing crisis. The Jackies he mentioned would have a far better chance of getting more sustainable housing if we all treated the housing crisis as a crisis, including Deputy Boyd Barrett. He should do that rather than engaging in nimbyism in his constituency, opposing left, right and centre. The fundamental issue, I put to the Deputy, is supply...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: No.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: I do not know who the Deputy is talking about.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: I do not know any of the details relating to any of the four Jackies that the Deputy mentioned.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: He said at the outset that he would not identify individuals, which is right, fair and proper but he has a habit, and I have experienced it on the floor of the House, of giving a version of stories which does not always turn out to be the comprehensive story. I will leave it at that.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: In terms of the county council, in the case that the Deputy mentioned, it should buy the house. It is simple.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: Councils can buy for people who are over the threshold. They should buy the house under the tenant in situscheme. The directive is going out. The Deputy asked for an answer and I am giving him one. The Minister is issuing a directive and a circular today to local authorities to make sure-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: We have already decided, and the Deputy knows this too, on immediate measures for more than 3,000 additional homes to be provided through 1,500 acquisitions-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: -----in the context of the in situdirective the Minister is issuing to the local authorities. Basically, where a person is in difficulty or under threat of eviction the local authorities can purchase that house.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: Some 1,500 has been provided for. A further 1,000 houses or apartments are to be leased, in addition to those already provided for in Housing for All as a result of Cabinet decisions last Tuesday. With the capital advance leasing facility, CALF, funding adjustments another 1,000 units are to be provided, again facilitating those who could be in difficulty. There is also the...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy asked the question and I am giving the answer.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: The Deputy asked the question and I am giving the answer. In the real world the Deputy said it was dealt with-----
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: That was dealt with. The Deputy said it was dealt with.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: The opportunity for a first refusal will be given to the tenant and then to an approved housing body. I believe this is a very important initiative in terms of enabling people to have alternatives to being homeless. Plus, there is the transition to a cost-rental option also.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: First, I congratulate the Deputy on her elevation as leader of the Social Democrats. I did not get the opportunity to do so in the House to date, and I wish her the very best in that regard. Fianna Fáil values were reflected when we decided to form the Government and take on the housing portfolio, notwithstanding the challenges that had built up over the years, and to make a real...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)
Micheál Martin: That is not fair and it does not add up. I have made housing the priority of this Government and, along with my colleagues in government, the three parties have said that the three key priorities are housing, health reform, and planning change. Look at the variety of schemes that we have introduced on housing. We have the all new Croí Cónaithe scheme. We introduced the Land...