• Social Democrats TD for Dublin North-West
• Entered the Dáil on 30 November 2024 — General election
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• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Housing Provision, Departmental Data, Housing Policy, Housing Schemes, Vacant Properties

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Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2025)

“I thank the Minister and his officials for being here. There are a couple of areas I wish to ask the Minister about. The first one relates to the issue of the housing assistance payment, HAP, and the increase in supplementary expenditure in relation to it. Could the Minister outline what the reasons are for the additional €11 million expected to be required and spent this year on HAP?”

Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2025)

“In regard to the specific information the Minister has given in the Estimates, it says that the cost of the average monthly landlord payment is increasing. I would assume that means that rents are essentially increasing and it is the increase in rents that is driving that increase in the amount of HAP tenancies, rather than an increase in the number of recipients.”

Select Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2025)

“The Minister mentioned social housing. HAP is clearly providing homes to people on that basis but we need to be moving away from a reliance on HAP. We are now in a position where there is almost €500 million a year going to that. That is going to landlords; it is not invested in new social housing. Does the Minister think we need to put more effort into ensuring that the supply of...”

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• Has spoken in 122 committee discussions and Dáil debates since entering the Oireachtas. No comparison to other members is shown here because this member has been in office for less than a year.
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