{"id":1634,"date":"2021-07-05T10:03:59","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T09:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/affordable-housing-bill-rammed-through-dail\/"},"modified":"2021-07-05T10:03:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T09:03:59","slug":"affordable-housing-bill-rammed-through-dail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/affordable-housing-bill-rammed-through-dail\/","title":{"rendered":"Affordable Housing Bill Rammed Through D\u00e1il"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>People struggling to secure an affordable home deserve better than this half-baked Bill<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Serious questions must be asked about why the Government is ramming the Affordable Housing Bill through the D\u00e1il this week, according to Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Affordable Housing Bill is being rammed through the D\u00e1il at breakneck speed. You have to ask, what is the Minister for Housing hiding? Why doesn\u2019t he want his plans debated and scrutinised? Is it because the lobbyists have won, and the people have lost?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government want us to debate, consider and vote on over 100 amendments to the 45-page Bill in just three hours. That is less than two minutes per amendment. This is not feasible. Many of these proposals and changes, including those tabled by the Green Party, will end up in the bin. This is no way to do business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery serious warnings about aspects of this Bill have been issued by the Central Bank, the ERSI and senior officials in a number of Government Departments. Unfortunately, the Minister is ignoring all of them. Instead, he has chosen to remain on the side of the big builders, and construction sector interests, who have lobbied for a Shared Equity Scheme that will keep house prices high.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the Minister believed in his plan, he would allow this Bill to be examined and debated. It is clear that he doesn\u2019t. This Bill requires a full and comprehensive debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people struggling to secure an affordable home deserve better than this half-baked Bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>5 July, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People struggling to secure an affordable home deserve better than this half-baked Bill Serious questions must be asked about why the Government is ramming the Affordable Housing Bill through the D\u00e1il this week, according to Social Democrats Housing Spokesperson Cian O\u2019Callaghan. \u201cThe Affordable Housing Bill is being rammed through the D\u00e1il at breakneck speed. 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