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Halfway through this Government\u2019s term, all key housing statistics are pointing in the wrong direction<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Social Democrats TD Cian O\u2019Callaghan has confirmed that his party will be voting against tomorrow’s Government motion expressing confidence in Housing Minister Darragh O\u2019Brien.<\/p>\n

Deputy O\u2019Callaghan, who is the party\u2019s Housing spokesperson, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are now halfway through this Government\u2019s term and all the key statistics on housing are pointing in the wrong direction.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the past two and a half years, the Minister has presided over a failed housing policy that has resulted in rents, house prices and homelessness reaching record levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has locked an entire generation out of home ownership, with increased numbers of adults in their twenties and thirties still sleeping in their childhood bedrooms.<\/p>\n

\u201cShamefully, more than 11,000 people \u2013 3,480 of them children \u2013 are now living in emergency homeless accommodation, a 31 percent increase since Darragh O\u2019Brien took over as Housing Minister in 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, homelessness can only be tackled by building more social, cost-rental and affordable purchase homes. But despite all the spin from the Minister, his department\u2019s delivery rate in this area has been abysmal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is hard to express confidence in a Minister whose housing policies are simply not working. Tomorrow\u2019s motion ignores the human cost of our housing crisis and further highlights how out of touch with reality this Government is.\u201d<\/p>\n

December 12, 2022<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Halfway through this Government\u2019s term, all key housing statistics are pointing in the wrong direction Social Democrats TD Cian O\u2019Callaghan has confirmed that his party will be voting against tomorrow’s Government motion expressing confidence in Housing Minister Darragh O\u2019Brien. 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