{"id":11548,"date":"2025-02-12T16:04:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T16:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=11548"},"modified":"2025-02-12T16:04:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T16:04:34","slug":"taoiseachs-lack-of-awareness-of-eu-funding-streams-for-housing-is-deeply-troubling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/taoiseachs-lack-of-awareness-of-eu-funding-streams-for-housing-is-deeply-troubling\/","title":{"rendered":"Taoiseach\u2019s lack of awareness of EU funding streams for housing is deeply troubling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is deeply troubling that the Taoiseach appears to be blissfully unaware of EU funding streams that could be accessed by the State to build affordable homes, according to Social Democrats acting leader Cian O\u2019Callaghan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government\u2019s latest plan for housing is nothing more than recycled Celtic Tiger-era policy \u2013 namely, one that offers tax breaks for developers and sweetheart deals for investment funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are constantly told there are no alternatives to securing this type of finance. This is not true \u2013 there are other funding options available at EU level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA report by Housing Europe, commissioned by one of Fianna F\u00e1il\u2019s own MEPs, goes into great detail about the billions of euro available through EU funding streams \u2013 such as InvestEU and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) \u2013 which could be used to build affordable housing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, when I made this point during Leaders\u2019 Questions in the D\u00e1il today, the Taoiseach appeared to be completely unaware that these funding options exist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather than use viable sources of funding, this government seems hell bent on doubling down on failed housing policy \u2013 one that prioritises the interests of wealthy investment funds over the needs of people trying to find an affordable home to rent or buy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government parties should have been upfront about their true intentions in the run up to the general election. It is now clear that not only were voters duped over false promises of 40,000 house completions for 2024, but that FF\/FG did not tell people the full truth about their future plans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>February 12, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is deeply troubling that the Taoiseach appears to be blissfully unaware of EU funding streams that could be accessed by the State to build affordable homes, according to Social Democrats acting leader Cian O\u2019Callaghan. \u201cThe Government\u2019s latest plan for housing is nothing more than recycled Celtic Tiger-era policy \u2013 namely, one that offers tax [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[278,10,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cian-ocallaghan","category-housing-crisis","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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