The Minister said that the actions in the previous strategy did come good, but how come students cannot get accommodation this year? With the new strategy, will purpose-built student complexes charge additional affordable service and utility charges? Will the Minister ensure that additional charges and rent hikes will not happen again in rent pressure zones, and that the purpose-built accommodation will be retained f…
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Cathy Bennett
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641
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Across 379 contributions
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Home improvement grants are essential to facilitate disabled and older people to live at home with independence, dignity and safety, but a backlog exists to accessing this crucial support across the State, including in County Monaghan. The Minister for housing has said that this funding will be reviewed in future years as part of the annual budgetary process, but for those who need these supports this year and will n…
104. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his engagements on the Mercosur trade agreement. [54967/25]
Access to mental health services should be based on need, not on where you live and most certainly not on your ability to pay. Unfortunately, for many people across this State, that is not the case. I have no doubt that the Minister of State's office and that of the Ceann Comhairle are, like my own, inundated with people who are desperate to access mental health services, especially child and adolescent mental health…
You decided to forget those people.
What about childcare?
What about the promises?
Promises.
The Government forgot students, childcare and housing. I could go on and on.
The fees are increased by €500.
That is why the Minister of State was ringing them.
No increase for the working person.
Is the Deputy sure he did not vote for the carbon tax?
Did the Deputy vote for the budget?
You voted for the budget, though, which had the carbon tax in it.
I congratulate all the junior certificate children who got their results today. I wonder if they will remember the Fine Gael budget that happened today, which was championed by Fianna Fáil. I hope they will. Will they remember in years to come the cruel disappointment that struggling families, workers and many others experienced today? General election promises have been forgotten very suddenly. The Government made p…
That is right.
So the Deputy is going to vote against it.
Tomorrow, the Deputy will have his chance.
In the face of an ongoing cost-of-living crisis and a student accommodation crisis that has seen more students and families forced to pay upwards of €14,000 for a single year's accommodation, and despite having contested the general election on a platform of reducing college fees, the first action the Government took was to announce an increase of college fees of €1,000 per year. Now, the Government is flying the kit…
The Government put up their fees by €1,000.
So, the Government is putting up fees.
The Government is putting up fees. Just to clarify, we are in the South and the Government is putting up fees.
Thank you.
You are very considerate.