Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2024-07-02
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Mary Lou McDonald (SF), Dublin Central

The problem is that he will not answer the question. Is €475,000 affordable for those people in need of an affordable home? The Taoiseach will also not accept that transferring public land to private developers is simply the wrong policy. It is not the way to develop and to deliver truly affordable homes and the Government should not be transferring a prime inner-city location, land so rare between the canals, for private development. That should go from the university to Dublin City Council for development.
This morning we saw the publication of an ESRI report that had been commissioned by the housing Minister about housing need. Incredibly, it only looked to the future. It ignored and took absolutely no account of the tens of thousands of people who currently need a home today. You could not actually make this stuff up. It is very little wonder that the Housing Commission threw the book at the Government and said very clearly that what we need is a radical transformation in housing policy. It was right and we need that transformation now.

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Sitting date: 2024-07-02