Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2026-02-19
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Joe Flaherty (FF), Nominated by the Taoiseach

It is the glass bottle site. My apologies. It is an ambitious site with 3,000 units and Senator Andrews bemoaned the fact that more than 500 of them will be affordable housing and 300 of them will be social housing. If Sinn Féin had not objected to 12,000 houses in Dublin over five years, imagine how many more social and affordable housing units we could have had. Equally, many Senators extolled the virtues of student accommodation and berated the Government for not delivering more social housing. Yet, I see that Sinn Féin's iconic party leader, in tandem with Deputy Marie Sherlock, has objected to a student accommodation development in Cabra. Sinn Féin Senators cited several examples earlier. If they could speak to that-----

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Sitting date: 2026-02-19