Seanad debates

Tuesday, 10 December 2002

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill, 2002: Second Stage.

 

The Bill is a regressive measure. The reality is the Government is all over the place on housing. As the Irish Independent editorial stated yesterday, the Government's housing policy is a shambles. It is developer-led and this Bill is a further example of the Government giving in to developers on the housing market. Housing is a right and the Labour proposals are required. Those proposals would make housing a right. They advocate radical intervention to ensure housing is provided for everyone, including State acquisition of land for housing, the allocation of 20% of every private development to social housing and windfall taxes.

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