Conor Sheehan

In accordance with Standing Order 85(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 25 March 2026.

The amendment is out of order.

I have just been told a letter would have been sent to the Deputy.

There have been three mass evictions that we know of this year. A total of 20 families were served with notices of termination from The Park on Lord Edward Street in Limerick, along with 14 families, as stated earlier, on Ballybane Road in Galway. The RTB data from this morning is stark. The Government is presiding over the largest level of evictions since the Famine. Last year, 20,033 people rece…

This evening at 5.30 p.m, my colleague, Senator Harmon, will lead a protest against the unconscionable planning decision we have seen at Bessborough. This site should become a site of national conscience. We cannot concrete over a site where 923 children died while the Government sits idly by. We need to have statements on this.

147. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he proposes to take to address the growing housing deficit given that Government never met their targets for social and affordable housing delivery under Housing for All; if he will revise the targets contained within Delivering Homes, Building Communities; and if he will make a statement on the matt…

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. I want to ask the Minister today about the targets for social and affordable housing delivery under Housing for All. Given that it has become abundantly clear that the Government will not meet the targets this year, and it has never met them for social and affordable housing, will the Minister revise the targets contained within the new housing plan in order to take …

The Minister's rental reforms are going to increase homelessness, certainly in the short term. One of the leading issues in regard to addressing homelessness is having an adequate supply of social and affordable housing. Based on the quarter 3 construction status report, the Minister is only going to, as of that date, meet 30% of his target for social housing delivery. In 2024, 10,596 were deliver…

Going by the Minister's response, he is saying that 9,289 new-build social homes-----

There were 9,089 built. That is still, over the lifetime of Housing for All, beneath the target of that plan. I am asking, in particular, about the 2026 budget allocation. For example, that does not take into account that there was an underdelivery of around 4,000 units under the previous housing plan and the Minister has already underestimated the level of need in his new housing plan. He has not…

The Minister did not meet his target.

The International Monetary Fund, IMF, was there.

The IMF was there because Fianna Fáil crashed the economy.

Fianna Fáil crashed the economy.

Minister-----

Deputies, this is not a back and forth. I call Deputy Donnelly.

Deputy, could you speak to the Bill, please?

There will be statements on the Middle East as well.

Deputy, could you speak to the Bill, please?

Is mór an onóir dom labhairt anseo i rith Sheachtain na Gaeilge ar son Pháirtí an Lucht Oibre. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire, an Teachta Calleary, a bhí ann. Rinne an tAire cur i láthair iontach. I ndáiríre, aontaím leis an méid is mó a bhí le rá aige. Mar a dúirt an Teachta Ní Raghallaigh, a bhí ann cheana, i rith an toghcháin uachtaránachta, thug an tUachtarán atá ann anois, Catherine Connolly, …

Gabhaim buíochas le Páirtí Shinn Féin as ucht an rún seo a chur faoi bhráid na Dála anocht. Tugann Páirtí an Lucht Oibre tacaíocht don rún. Bhí mé ag éisteacht le mo chara, an Teachta Ní Fhearghail, agus dúirt sí rud éigin spéisiúil. Chuir sí ceist faoi bhráid na Dála; céard is fiú é? Aontaím leis an méid a bhí le rá aici. Céard is fiú Seachtain na Gaeilge gan Gaeltacht bheo agus gan teanga bheo? …

I genuinely do not know where to start. I was flabbergasted by what the Tánaiste said earlier on about this Government apparently being on the side of renters, when we know that IRES REIT owns 3,627 properties and made €49.7 million in profit last year. It said that it welcomes Government's proactive approach because its portfolio is currently 20% undervalued and it has a potential 25% rental inco…

Before I call the next speaker, I welcome to the Gallery Mr. Gerry Reilly, president elect of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors, and Ms Valerie Fitzpatrick, the vice-president elect. I call Deputy Cian O'Callaghan.

Hear, hear.

The image I am holding up is not a real image but an AI-generated image of the front of a house on daft.ie at the moment. Estate agents are more and more posting AI-generated false images on platforms like Daft. This is misleading. It is also predatory at a time when the housing situation is so bad. The response from the advertising regulator, however, has been effectively that it is fine provided…