Results 10,541-10,560 of 26,787 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien
- 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.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: The arrogance of Deputy Ó Broin shines through again.
- Declaration of a Housing Emergency: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "That Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that: — the Housing for All: A New Housing Plan for Ireland, the Government's housing plan, is working, and supply, which is key to improving our housing system, is increasing, and to the end of September over 55,000 homes were either commenced (27,417) or...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: I take it that the six councillors that Deputy Collins referred to probably opposed the local property tax in the first place.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: There you go. Now the Deputy is bemoaning the fact that Dublin City Council does not have enough property tax, yet those councillors opposed the local property tax in the first instance.
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)
Darragh O'Brien: I advise the Deputy that this Government has given more funding to local government in the last three years than it has received in decades. This week, we will supply further funding of €5 million to Dublin City Council to assist it with additional energy costs. We have already dealt with the rates revaluation with Dublin City Council and filled that gap. For councillors who opposed...