Eoin Ó Broin

It is not working.

Not agreed.

For decades, the residents of Oliver Bond House have lived in some of the most appalling conditions in our city. Decades of neglect have left these families living in damp, overcrowded, rat-infested homes. In April, the Department of housing wrote to Dublin City Council refusing a funding request to deep retrofit and amalgamate 74 homes in the flat complex. The rationale was that the council's pro…

For decades, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have neglected Dublin city's and county's flat communities. I am talking about inner-city flat complexes like Pearse House, Oliver Bond House, St. Michan's House and Dolphin House but also suburban schemes like Cromcastle Court in Coolock and Balgaddy in my constituency. These are strong, vibrant and resilient communities that have been utterly failed by succ…

The Government refused Dublin City Council the funding for Oliver Bond House yesterday.

That is the reality.

He is talking down the clock and ignoring the issue.

How about some respect for the residents who are being forced to live in Third World conditions because of the Government's refusal?

I would really like the Minister of State to.

Deal with the issue. Do not talk down the clock.

We would welcome it.

Respect is earned.

It is the residents we want the Minister of State to listen to, not us.

Twenty years after.

The best boy in the class.

The Minister of State might actually address the question in front of us.

Which the Government then ignores. The Government then ignores and throws it in the bin.

This is Orwellian.

Hear, hear.

There is the letter.

The Minister refused the funding application from the council.

Tell the truth, Minister.

The Minister decided this.

There would be 15 extra units in this plan.

The Minister is misleading the House. He refused funding.