{"id":1950,"date":"2022-11-10T11:49:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T11:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/dail-statements-on-dublin-will-help-keep-city-on-political-agenda\/"},"modified":"2022-11-10T11:49:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T11:49:00","slug":"dail-statements-on-dublin-will-help-keep-city-on-political-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/dail-statements-on-dublin-will-help-keep-city-on-political-agenda\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e1il statements on Dublin will help keep city on political agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Taoiseach\u2019s Taskforce needed to drive positive change in the capital<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon has welcomed confirmation that statements on Dublin will be heard in the D\u00e1il for the first time next Thursday (November 17), when he will renew his call for the establishment of a Taoiseach\u2019s Taskforce on O\u2019Connell Street.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Gannon, who represents Dublin Central, has been asking the Oireachtas Business Committee for a debate on issues affecting the capital for more than a year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllowing statements on Dublin to be made in the D\u00e1il is an important win for those of us who care about the future of our beautiful city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been renewed focus on the problems plaguing O\u2019Connell Street since the recent report on RT\u00c9\u2019s Prime Time. However, issues such as dereliction, persistent littering, anti-social activity and open drug dealing have been decades in the making and are a result of lack of leadership in the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe challenges facing Dublin extend well beyond O\u2019Connell Street and deserve nothing less than the attention of our national parliament.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Taoiseach\u2019s Taskforce would help coordinate a multi-departmental approach to tackling the city\u2019s problems, from housing and homelessness to crime and the erosion of our cultural and heritage spaces. Measures to address the underlying causes of drug use, including health-led supports and treatment for those suffering from addiction, are also needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reform of our licensing laws next year, while welcome, will require advance planning to ensure there are late-night public transport services and additional policing resources in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA taskforce, led by an incoming Dublin-based Taoiseach, could drive change in the city and keep the issue on the political agenda. Allowing TDs to make statements in the D\u00e1il next week is a positive first step, but it must be followed up with meaningful action by the Government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>November 10, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taoiseach\u2019s Taskforce needed to drive positive change in the capital Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon has welcomed confirmation that statements on Dublin will be heard in the D\u00e1il for the first time next Thursday (November 17), when he will renew his call for the establishment of a Taoiseach\u2019s Taskforce on O\u2019Connell Street. Deputy Gannon, who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gary-gannon","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D\u00e1il statements on Dublin will help keep city on political agenda - Social Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/dail-statements-on-dublin-will-help-keep-city-on-political-agenda\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"ga_IE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"D\u00e1il statements on Dublin will help keep city on political agenda - Social Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Taoiseach\u2019s Taskforce needed to drive positive change in the capital Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon has welcomed confirmation that statements on Dublin will be heard in the D\u00e1il for the first time next Thursday (November 17), when he will renew his call for the establishment of a Taoiseach\u2019s Taskforce on O\u2019Connell Street. 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