He is talking down the clock and ignoring the issue.
TDs / Eoin Ó Broin
Eoin Ó Broin
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1,180
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| October 2026 | 39 | 43 |
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- constituency Dublin Mid-West 29 November 2024 to now
- party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
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.
Tell the truth.
I have the letter from the Department.
There are 15 extra homes in this proposal, a net increase.
I have the map. Maybe the Minister could look at-----
Just the number of people living there. Fewer people will live there under the Minister's policy.
The approach of the Minister to inner-city flat complex regeneration is fundamentally flawed. After three long years of consultation with the local community on Oliver Bond Street, Dublin City Council made a very detailed proposal.
It would take 74 1930s flats and bring them up to modern standards with a loss of 28 units. It identified a brand-new site, adjacent to Oliver Bond flats, with an additional 43 units. Tha…