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capacity to deliver direct build homes and rebalance the housing system; — reverse the increasing centralisation of housing responsibilities by devolving more power to local authorities, introduce a single stage approval process and a single set of standardised design guidelines for low-cost energy efficient social homes, and resource … upfront delivery of community infrastructure where new homes are built; — introduce a land price register and bring down house prices by giving effect to the recommendations of the 1973 Report of the Committee on the Price of Building Land (the "Kenny Report"), implement land value sharing, and establish

community-based services. In older people's services, we will support people to live at home within their own communities and strengthen the nursing home sector. These commitments build on the investment and reforms undertaken over the past number of years, including delivery of approximately 1,225 acute … waiting longer than the Sláintecare targets, equating to more than 191,000 people. Care is being delivered closer to home through a total of 179 primary care centres and 96 community specialist teams for older persons. A total of 26 community specialist teams for chronic disease are operational

these areas are lively rural communities. However, the number of young people who are being denied an opportunity to build a home in their community is increasing. These are the young people who contribute to our GAA clubs and whose children should be going to our local schools … tainted. Rather than obstacles being put in their way, I want us to work together to ensure that young people get to build in their communities and beside their families. By no means do I want to see the countryside filled with housing estates or apartment blocks

about delivering on the policies we set out in the general election. The parties that form this Government took on the responsibility in the context of the mandate we were given. Parties that excelled at diagnosing the problems but were not brave enough to deliver the antidote … build and take further action. Increasing supply is the key to addressing the housing crisis. The Government will pursue every action possible to ensure we drive home ownership in our country and deliver real progress in housing policy, and increasing the number of social and affordable homes will

highlight more homes and home ownership, the retention of the help-to-buy scheme and delivering better infrastructure faster. Some of the key priorities I ran on in the general election were supporting local businesses, tackling crime, supporting our neurodiverse communities and helping working families. These … Government TD, I can advocate for the change recommended by the Dublin city task force that would see these buildings pay rates just like every other building in our city. This would go towards funding all of the necessary changes we need in order to make Dublin

accelerate the delivery of refuges. There were 147 refuge units across the country at the end of 2023, with 12 new units delivered in 2024, including the state-of-the-art refuge in Wexford. This year a further 54 units are set to be under construction … Monaghan county councils and the Housing Agency, to progress the development of an eight-unit refuge in this region. This will include community-facing ancillary support services. Cuan has worked with Safe Ireland to fund and resource a project manager post and a change manager post, in addition

cohesive approach to delivering the programme for Government. There are a range of areas on which the Government will focus its attention. The assistance and support provided by Ministers of State will be essential to achieve our ambitious targets: accelerating the number of homes available; implementing new programmes … costs; bringing together relevant stakeholders to address the needs around community development and policing; providing more focused leadership in management of immigration; and achieving climate and biodiversity goals by focusing on energy transformation while supporting our rural communities and the agrifood sector to prosper. In addition

That home support is an absolutely essential service for people to be able to live longer in their own homes and live well in their own homes. At the moment, the State is supporting approximately 58,000 people to receive home support. The overall budget for home support … what we are trying to do in the community whether it is enhanced community care or the community interventions schemes. We try to keep people away from acute hospitals in the first instance and try to keep them at home rather than in hospitals for different types

teachers, hospitals cannot get nurses, our community disability services cannot get psychologists and therapists and the very tradespeople we need to build the homes are being forced to emigrate because they do not see how they can get a home of their own in this country … tiger crash. What an appalling record for Fianna Fáil, namely to have caused two housing disasters within a generation. Last year, the Government delivered a mere 474 affordable purchase homes via local authorities. In 17 counties it did not deliver even one affordable purchase home. In the capital

should be forced to wait months for essential care or to travel long distances for basic services. Telemedicine, community health hubs and better integration between GPs, hospitals and home care services will be key to ensuring that healthcare is accessible when and where people need it. Third … those who care for us - our doctors, nurses and healthcare workers. They work under immense pressure and if we want a system that delivers for patients, we must ensure that our healthcare professionals have the resources, staffing and working conditions they deserve. Fourth, Innovation and technology must

radical reset of housing policy, as the Housing Commission recommended. If the private sector and international capital are not engaged in financing the building of apartments, then the State must step in because only the State has the deep pockets necessary to underwrite the true level of risk … workers and renters cannot bear the level of rents that speculators would want. Apartments constitute vital strategic infrastructure, as well as vital homes for our communities. Alongside our plan to scale up the Land Development Agency, the Labour Party proposes several State-led solutions to the apartment financing

micromanagement of project delivery. They must trust, empower, fund and staff our local authorities and approved housing bodies to work with building contractors to build the homes that people need. With respect to cost rental, if the Minister does not understand by now that cost rental … rural planning guidelines, we will be no further on. There is also a need to provide supports for people to build sustainable homes in rural communities. Section 10 deals with inclusion and section 11 relates to environmental sustainability. Again, these contain many good suggestions. The Oireachtas housing committee

identify the necessary reforms required to deliver the optimum planning system to meet the challenges we will face in the coming decades. The Act will bring greater consistency, clarity and certainty to the planning system. It will build on and enhance the existing plan-led approach to development … using all levers at our disposal to build on the increase in supply seen during the term of Housing for All and to strive to reach the credible and ambitious target of delivering more than 300,000 new homes by 2030. The planning system will play an integral

People are still struggling significantly to access home ownership and rents are far too high. While the fundamental aim has always been to have supply, that is the job of the State and the market in tandem. The task of delivering the right houses in the right location … task in the present environment. There are some policy options that align well with our wider aim of creating a thriving, coherent community. These are chiefly in the area of vacancy and dereliction in urban and rural areas alike. The town centres first model was implemented as part

recruitment and retention crisis in the education and disability sectors; and — expand the Educational Therapy Support Service, to help build the capacity of school communities to meet student's needs. I am sharing time with colleagues. I welcome that the senior Minister is joining us now. We were … failure to plan, a failure to prepare, a failure to invest and more than anything a failure to deliver. There has been a failure by successive governments to deliver for children with special educational needs. It is not just Sinn Féin that has identified these failings - they have

funds, via the HSE, specialist, community-based disability services, which are designed for the 60,000 people with a significant intellectual disability, autism or a complex physical disability. These services include multidisciplinary therapies for children or adults, adult day services, personal assistants, home support, respite and residential services … appreciate that much more is needed. We must invest more in services, personal assistants, home support hours and other supports to assist people to continue living independently in their own homes. Our capital spending must increase and, crucially, we must provide more therapists and access to services

shift is not a surprise. It is a foreseeable challenge, yet for over a decade Fine Gael has failed to prepare. Instead of building a resilient health service, it has allowed hospitals to crumble under the pressure. Last January, a record 13,972 people were left on trolleys … invest in community health, sporting supports, housing and clean environments to tackle the root causes of poor health. We would expand screening programmes and empower pharmacies to deliver pharmacy-first care, thereby reducing the strain on GPs and hospitals. We will bring care closer to home. Too many

many people are still struggling to find a home they can afford, and too many young families are unsure if they will ever be able to buy. The strong commitments in the programme for Government must be delivered with urgency because housing is not just a policy challenge … West, which provide essential connectivity for communities. For example, we badly need a Luas for Lucan, and we must end the scourge of ghost buses right across Dublin Mid-West. We also need to ensure that rapidly growing communities, in Dublin Mid-West especially, have access to adequate

common good and would be welcomed, including by the vast majority of those who have made Ireland their home and contribute positively to our country and communities? Public confidence in our system of justice is undermined by the inappropriate imposition of concurrent sentencing, by a lack of consistency … delivered, including those which are desperately needed in and long-promised for counties Monaghan and Cavan, for example. Crime prevention is also about being tough on the causes of crime, as well as in tackling recidivism. Following the economic crash, cuts stripped out many communities of services, support

care is delivered where and when people need it most. A strong healthcare system relies on robust primary care and community care. Hospitals play a vital role but they cannot be a default option. We must continue to invest in GPs, primary care centres and home-based care … every person, no matter where he or she lives, has access to timely, high-quality care. By investing in community services, embracing technology and prioritising prevention, we can build a system that truly supports longer, healthier lives

Government that education is at the heart of all our ambitions as a country. Excellent and innovative education and training are essential to delivering a fair society and a strong economy. The education system must begin by supporting everyone to fulfil their potential no matter their background … course many complex reasons children do not attend schools, so tackling this issue requires a real partnership approach of school, home and community supports, as well, of course, as listening to our children and young people. I think there is a real opportunity now that the responsibility

restore power, telecommunications and broadband connectivity to those who continue to experience outages; — specific energy-related actions have been prioritised to be delivered once the initial storm response has been completed: — an enhanced Winter 2025 Grid Resilience Plan; — a full review by ESB Networks and the Commission … Programme for Government 2025 - Securing Ireland's Future includes a commitment to develop an Extreme Weather Event Assistance Scheme for homes and community organisations, farmers and businesses which will be brought forward as a matter of priority; — it is recognised that the challenges, the scale and severity

managed by the Co-operative Housing AHB. It is a community of approximately 20 or 30 households. Like most people who are allocated a social house, they had been waiting many years to get their social homes. They were delighted after all that long wait to get them … that had been built. Even as far as what it said it was building but did not really build, the commission says we need twice that. If we need twice what the Government is delivering, then we need twice as much social and affordable housing. That

Government is the theme of making communities safe. Everyone has a right to be safe and to feel safe in their communities and homes. I absolutely welcome the funding to provide an additional 5,000 new Garda recruits and additional Garda staff over the next five years. This … these towns and villages can benefit from significant investment in our community hubs and sporting facilities. I look forward to working with all of those communities in the coming years to help deliver for them. I welcome in particular the support in the programme for Government for local

better at delivering that through apartments as well as housing developments in local communities. There were 4,005 dwelling completions across three electoral areas in Dublin West in the past five years. In the Castleknock local electoral area, there have been 689 dwelling completions. Two build-to-rent … monthly rents ranging from €1,695 for a studio to €3,274 for a three-bedroom apartment. We do not need any more build-to-rent apartments in what is a compact area where there is huge demand for other types of housing. We are also putting more