Results 261-280 of 1,026,593 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Marc Ó Cathasaigh OR speaker:Leo Varadkar)

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Where are the affordable homes the Tánaiste promised?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy Ó Broin, it is not your question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ------in the past number of years. The number of first-time buyers is increasing because of the Government's policies over the past four years-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: Rising rents, rising house prices.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: -----across the help-to-buy scheme, first home scheme and the various affordable schemes. On the social housing front, Deputy Doherty has to acknowledge there have been significant increases-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: In homelessness.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: -----in new builds, with 8,800 last year, and in delivery of social homes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Deputy Ó Broin, you are usurping the role of the leader.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: I do not think he minds.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Will you allow the Tánaiste to answer please?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: We would be delighted if he would answer the question the leader asked.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: It was a very simple question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Mary Butler: Maybe that is after the poll.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I appreciate the leadership ambitions of Deputy Ó Broin. They are clear, but in a more serious vein-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: My only ambition is to build affordable homes, something the Government promised and has refused to do.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: -----we are talking about pricing and affordability. Sinn Féin policies would undermine the capacity of first-time buyers to buy homes at an affordable price-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: There are no affordable homes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: -----because they would get rid of all the underpinning supports we have put in place. With the LDA through Project Tosaigh and others, we are moving very fast to get affordable houses on the market.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 May 2024)

Pearse Doherty: What planet is the Tánaiste living on? He stood there and said the rate of increase of house prices is coming down. He should open his eyes. It is accelerating. It is increasing month-on-month. We have had ten months of house price increases. In the Tánaiste's constituency, house prices are €100,000 higher than when he took office just four years ago. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (16 May 2024)

Brendan Smith: I welcome the final sentence of the Minister's response, where he says that he will examine ways to give more support to local authorities. That needs to be done now. I have been highlighting this issue since 2020. The incessant rainfall has done damage even to relatively good roads. Cavan and Monaghan depend heavily on the non-national road network. In County Cavan, 96% of the road...