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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: I heard the Taoiseach during Leaders' Questions trying to distract from the reality that, if the leaks are accurate, the Housing Commission's report is absolutely damning for the Government. The Taoiseach seems to accept the fact that it calls for a radical reset of housing policy. It would not be calling for that if housing policy was basically correct. It reveals we have "one of the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Simon Harris: The Deputy is wrong there.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: That is precisely the problem; the Taoiseach thinks housing can only be delivered primarily on the basis of profit. I have a few quick questions.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Only one question, Deputy, please.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: Has the Taoiseach any idea why or on what basis this report was leaked? If it had not been leaked, would he still have published it this week or would he have waited until after the upcoming elections? Will he accept the basic conclusions, for example-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I thank the Deputy.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Paul Murphy: -----that we should be aiming for a target of 20% of our national housing stock to be social and cost rental?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I do not believe that the only way to deliver houses is through the private market but I do believe that it is part of the way. I believe we need a mix. I believe we need private developers and builders, we need social and affordable housing and we need cost rental. I believe we need a whole variety. As regards when the report was due to be published, the Minister received it on 8 May....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Seán Canney: I want to raise an issue that I know was close to the Taoiseach’s heart when he was Minister for higher education. It relates to the proposal to locate two additional veterinary colleges in the country. A process has been gone through and three locations have been shortlisted. The colleges are waiting anxiously for the announcement as to which ones will be running these courses...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Simon Harris: It is vital that this happens. We have an excellent veterinary school in UCD but we only have one in the country. We have a particular acuity in terms of access to veterinary services and to veterinarians, often in rural and regional Ireland. As the Deputy rightly says, three projects have been identified, including one in Mountbellew, one in Limerick and one in Kildalton. The Minister...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Mattie McGrath: The level of open drug taking, antisocial behaviour and drug dealing on the main streets of our towns is worrying. It shows that law and order is losing the battle against drugs in many cases. I raised this matter with the Tánaiste during Leaders' Questions last week, specifically in the context of Clonmel town. He acknowledged we need a renewed focus. Open drug dealing in broad...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I agree with the need to continue to support and grow Garda numbers and the need to invest more in rehab services. We are doing both, but there is also a third piece. We need to call out the fact that it has become socially acceptable in far too many communities and social groups to snort a line of coke while having a drink at the weekend. The people doing that, who do not have an...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Joan Collins: Last month the country's leading cancer specialist published an open letter to the Government on the state of cancer care in Ireland. It said dedicated funding for Ireland’s national cancer strategy has been delivered in only two of the past seven budgets. It said Ireland’s cancer outcomes are at risk of going backwards. Yesterday it was reported that there is another layer...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I will be happy to engage with Professor Higgins directly. I will reach out to her to do just that. This country has made a huge amount of progress when it comes to cancer outcomes. I would not like anybody listening in, public or private, to think that is not the case. The public health service has had remarkable progress in relation to cancer outcomes, cancer survival rates and access...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: In the 12 months up to April 2024, commencement notices for 52,500 homes have been actioned. This is a significant and welcome increase on previous years. Commencement notices typically represent homes built. If the Taoiseach can confirm that figure, I would like to congratulate the Government and the Minister for exceeding the Housing for All targets by 57% in the 2024 outcome projections.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank Deputy Duffy. Those figures seem right to me. We are obviously seeing a significant increase in supply and in commencements and also a significant increase in planning permissions. Some of the decisions we have taken as a Government, including waiving the development levies and the Uisce Éireann connection costs, have reduced the cost of building. We are seeing the impact...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: After 13 years of Fine Gael in government homeownership has collapsed, with 40% of people under 34 left living with their parents. Despite promising 50,000 affordable homes for under €250,000, in my constituency of Dublin Fingal, the Fianna Fáil Minister with responsibility for housing is delivering so-called affordable homes that will cost more than €550,000 over the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Mary Lou McDonald: I raised with the Taoiseach last week the case of 13-year-old Liam Dennehy Quinn because it is an emergency. As the Taoiseach knows, Liam has been waiting for more than six months for an urgently needed spinal surgery. He has been in hospital now for more than six weeks. He cannot leave because the severity of his scoliosis puts him at risk of choking episodes at any time. His family was...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Simon Harris: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. The first thing is that I did say in this House last week that Liam had a consultation in April. That was information given to me by the Department of Health. I want to clarify that for his mum. My understanding is that there was a review of Liam's case as per his complex care pathway in early April following his attendance with his consultant in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Gerald Nash: The Taoiseach was in Drogheda last Friday and, among others, he met with the Love Drogheda Business Improvement District, BID, scheme group. It represents more than 1,500 ratepayers in the town. The group provided the Taoiseach with new and robust economic research data that show the full impact on the local economy and local jobs of the loss of the D Hotel in Drogheda to the tourism...