An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2022-02-08
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Mairéad Farrell (SF), Galway West

Rents continue to rise in Galway city with a report recently stating that they rose by 8%. Regularly there are no houses to rent available in the city under the housing assistance payment, HAP, limits, pushing people into homelessness, which rose by 42% in Galway over the last 12 months. As a measure to prevent a continued rise in homelessness, would the Taoiseach consider giving Galway HAP the same 50% flexibility as is given in Dublin?

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Sitting date: 2022-02-08