Results 9,481-9,500 of 25,732 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- 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.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: This just shows the discourteous nature-----
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: -----of their engagements all the time. They do not like the facts and try to shout people down.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: The reality of the situation-----
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: I ask the Deputy to withdraw that remark. He makes personal charges all the time.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: In fairness-----
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: Deputy McAuliffe is due to speak as well.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: I have put forward, in the short time I have had, the facts about what is actually happening. We want to put home ownership back at the centre of the solutions. We will build more social homes this year than we have done in decades.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: I ask the Deputies opposite to ask their colleagues to stop objecting to public and affordable housing on lands throughout the country.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: That is something tangible they can do.