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progress. The Gorey Community School project was devolved to the school authority for delivery as part of the additional school accommodation scheme. The project brief will deliver five general classrooms, four special educational training rooms, one art room, one home economics room, one science room with preparation area … will keep the school informed throughout the progress. The Bunclody Community College project has been devolved for delivery to Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board to provide a new extension and refurbishment of an existing building. The tender short-listing process under the management

many young people in Laois are struggling to buy or rent a home. We must cut the red tape, build more houses and ensure that rural families can build in their own communities. Supporting working families is essential. The cost of living is putting people under pressure … relief for those who work hard. Safer communities must be a priority. Crime and anti-social behaviour are on the rise and we need more gardaí and stronger protections for our towns and villages. I came here to deliver for Laois and for our country and to fight

rural communities are mostly where the rural occupant or rural dweller wants to put his or her first home, particularly the sons and daughters of rural dwellers. There is a win-win there for everyone, because if young couples have an opportunity to build their first home … that we must change the guidelines or the rules pertaining to planning and Irish Water's capacity or ability to be able to deliver wastewater treatment systems. I know there is a lot of criticism with regard to the sewage or package treatment plants that now seem

waiting lists and improved health facilities, such as the National Forensic Mental Hospital in Portrane, hospital extensions and new primary care centres and community nursing units across the country; — a reduction of approximately 48 per cent in the weighted average waiting time for outpatient appointments, down from just … public transport system, including BusConnects; — high-quality cultural and sporting amenities delivered, such as the Sport Ireland Campus in Blanchardstown; — continued progress under the National Broadband Plan, such that over 330,000 homes have now been passed and can avail of the high-quality connectivity offered by this

housing and creating sustainable communities. Infrastructure delivery, as well as having affordable housing realistically in nice, good and sustainable communities, will be key for the people who will live in our areas. In Kildare North, we have a huge number of houses being delivered. I see my colleague … houses being built. Everywhere you turn, including Naas and Sallins, there are houses being built. However, we need to deliver those houses properly and put them in good community space, ensuring that people can move around and that we have the bridges, the schools, the crèches

that we have a look at putting in place emergency legislation to speed up development, get these houses built and support families and communities. We can worry about the specifics and upgrading once the houses are built. It is very important that this be put in place. With … little bit more urgency and intensity to deliver housing throughout the country and, in particular, in my constituency of Carlow-Kilkenny. Some of the schemes we have are proving very popular. A total of 4,000 affordable schemes were delivered in 2023. Delivery of affordable housing has more

permission, which seems to be blocked, or if you are trying to grow your local town or village and bring people into your community, which cannot be done because the infrastructure is wrong. This is one of the schemes that the Government reopened under pressure … pauses a scheme that keeps families housed. The housing crisis is turning into housing chaos as more people are pushed out of their homes each year while the Government drags its feet. The tenant in situ scheme was working effectively, saving more than 2,500 households

house. My parents purchased their home in the 1970s so there is no snobbery in what I am about to say about delivery for the cohort of people who are trying to get on the property ladder and purchase an affordable home. Cork City Council and Cork County … homes. The number of couples, young couples in particular, I meet and who cannot get access to the affordable property is concerning. It comes back to the ratios and targets set in the Department. We should be putting greater emphasis on local authorities to deliver affordable homes

security of our communities right across the range of justice, home affairs and migration. People are concerned, and rightly so, about crime in their communities. High-visibility policing is important to the safety of our communities and that theme has run through most of the contributions today … targeted operation. At the heart of our approach to community safety is the principle that every community has the right to thrive and flourish. Youth justice is a vital part of that vision to create safe and secure communities, which is something the Minister of State, Deputy Niall