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Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: That is a 50% increase on the three years prior to that.

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Apartment construction has reduced but the measures proposed in the motion here would actually reduce it even further.

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: We have to face up to the reality; we need private investment. If we are to deliver apartments at scale-----

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: -----we need private investment. The equation is simple.

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: In order to get to the housing targets we need, we are talking about a €20 billion per annum investment.

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: The current investment by the State-----

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: -----is €6.8 billion. How do we make up that €13 billion gap? Is the State going to contribute that €13 billion in the context of seeing tariffs introduced and economic uncertainty?

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: We need to get real here.

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Private investment is needed. The tenant in situ scheme has been extended but many Members said the scheme is over. It has been extended into 2025.

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: We cannot be any way clearer about that.

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: There is an emergency and we will use every lever possible to increase supply, make houses affordable and to end homelessness.

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I congratulate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on his elevation to his new position, which is long overdue. I wish him good luck with it. I welcome the Other Members' Questions slot. It is not so long ago that I was on the backbenches. I recall how frustrating it was to get speaking time on Private Members' business. If I was lucky, I might have got a minute from a Minister. Some of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply (2 Apr 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. I do not think Kildare is a forgotten county, but the Deputy is well within his rights to represent the different areas. He is well aware of the different geographical areas in Kildare experiencing difficulties at the moment. This response is quite detailed, and I hope it gives him some comfort. If it does not, I ask the Deputy to come back to me...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Supply (2 Apr 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I again thank the Deputy and echo what he said about Uisce Éireann staff on the ground. The rate at which they respond to leaks is extraordinary. They are on the ground straight away, repairing leaks and for some of them it is almost all they do. I guess that comes back to the Deputy's point about a proper strategy for replacing old pipes and longer lengths of old pipes. We mentioned...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Mar 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: They are representing their constituents.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Planning Framework (25 Mar 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: It is great to see this issue being raised in such a specific way and the urgency across both Houses, which is necessary. I will try my best to give the Senator updated timelines. Perhaps these will not be exact dates, but I hope to shed some light on the timelines he is seeking. The national planning framework 2018 is the 20-year strategy for strategic planning and sustainable...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Planning Framework (25 Mar 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I will bring back to the senior Minister and the Department the Senator's suggestion to release lands that are zoned, serviced and ready to go in order that local authorities might be in a position to deliver much-needed housing on those. I take the Senator’s original point about the speed at which this has moved. It could have happened faster and it needs to happen faster. I spoke...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Maritime Jurisdiction (25 Mar 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of plans to reintroduce a ban on pair trawling by large vessels within six nautical miles off the Irish coast (details supplied). [13782/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (20 Mar 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Cahill for raising this issue. I know that in his term in the Dáil and prior to that as a councillor, he has very much been an advocate for community hospitals in Kerry, in particular the West Kerry Community Hospital. We know how important the community hospitals are. They are fantastic in the level of care and service that their patients and residents get. We need to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (20 Mar 2025)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Cahill again. There are 46 beds registered in West Kerry Community Hospital, 42 of which are currently open and occupied. West Kerry Community Hospital cannot admit more resident at present, as the opening of additional beds is dependent on staffing levels. West Kerry Community Hospital has experienced some difficulties with staff shortages, but all efforts are being made on...