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work is ongoing at the regional and national level to build capacity to support workforce development and improve access to home care services in the community. Within the Department of Health, work to deliver on the recommendations of the strategic workforce advisory group to support the recruitment

delivery, we need to ensure we are building the right kind of grid. The 21st century grid must be smarter, not merely bigger. It must be capable of real time balancing, integrating distributed renewable generation and enabling households and communities to produce and store their own electricity … will shape our grid for decades to come, so let us not build a grid that serves Silicon Valley better than the homes of counties Dublin, Clare or Donegal. We must build a system that delivers clean, reliable and affordable electricity for every household, every business and every

homes in one integrated community. That is how we should be doing public housing everywhere, at scale, where mixed tenure and long-term affordability is built in. Alongside that, Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown has sharply increased allocations from its own stock and AHB homes in recent years … schemes on the ground, turns vacant properties into homes and gives local authorities the staffing and flexibility to deliver. If we do that, then this plan will not just deliver units on a spreadsheet, it will build new communities in Dún Laoghaire and across the State

fund social housing delivery, including 11,250 new-build social homes; €225 million will be allocated to the housing infrastructure investment fund; under the starter homes programme, over €1 billion will be allocated to deliver thousands of starter homes through a range of affordability supports, alongside the help … technology needed to deliver more care digitally. Investment in public healthcare strengthens our communities and protects the most vulnerable in society. The same is true when it comes to security and defence. Protecting our communities and our State Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Everyone who lives

opportunities to build homes where they live. We need a planning system that can be responsive to the needs of local communities and provide the flexibility to address the housing shortage in a meaningful way. We must allow modular homes. As I have previously stated in this House … updated planning guidelines will help us deliver the homes that are so desperately needed in Kerry and rural communities across the country. I want to see couples around Killarney, Killorglin, Cahersiveen, Dingle, Kenmare and Castleisland being allowed to build a family home. Fianna Fáil is committed to ensuring

balanced regional development and growth. The grid we build now will shape the kind of country we become. It must be built for homes and the communities they sustain, and for the future we hope to deliver for our children

Lahardane with hundreds of homes. There is to be a site there for a specific building for a community centre. You could not swing a cat in it, no disrespect. What we want is a proper community centre delivered for the people of Ballyvolane, for the existing residents

their communities. For this to work, housing bodies need access to affordable long-term loans. The Housing Finance Agency is the best source for that kind of funding. In 2024, housing bodies delivered over 40% of social housing and more than half of all cost-rental homes. That … sign of success. It means they are building more homes and helping more people. In County Clare alone last year, approved housing bodies received €36.1 million in funding from the HFA from which it delivered 146 homes. In County Clare, approved housing bodies are making a real difference

obligations to deliver. Our motion responds with the practical enforceable measures. We want statutory repair timelines. When a wastewater leak or discharge is detected, mitigation must begin within one month with a defined and enforceable timeframe to deliver permanent repair or an improved interim solution. Communities like Shannonvale … while a generation gives up on building homes. This House has the power to change that. By supporting this motion, we move from promises to proof, from press releases to published schedules and from "we will revert" to "we will deliver". We will put timelines into law, transparency

into homes is a win for communities, for the environment and, most importantly, for families out there who are crying out for homes. This week, the Minister announced additional funding for vacant above-the-shop units to turn them into homes. We have been raising for years … have been lying empty when they should have been turned into homes. That is what we want to see. This is all about delivery and the quickest, easiest way to deliver is to deliver homes and buildings that already exist. What we do not want

committed to delivering social, affordable and cost-rental homes at scale and to continuing accelerating housing supply across all tenures, with overall capital funding available of almost €6.8 billion for the delivery of homes in 2025. This will further increase the availability of affordable homes … rent, securing a sustainable housing supply and building vibrant, liveable communities. Last year's dip in new home completions was certainly disappointing but we remain optimistic that the building blocks we have put in place will bear fruit and that with the appropriately targeted action by the Government

meet, including properly funded home retrofits, better public transport, affordable alternatives to car dependency, support for rural communities and targeted assistance for households facing energy poverty. We need policies that protect families, support workers, help young people build a future here and deliver genuine reductions in emissions. People

targeted delivery for 2026 builds on the very significant progress already achieved in delivering social, affordable and cost-rental homes. This has made a huge difference in the lives of individuals and families, providing good-quality homes and contributing to sustainable communities across the country. The HFA continues

homes by 2030. It is an ambitious task and one that will need every tool available to Government to deliver. Every week I hear from local builders who want to help Government to deliver on that ambition by building houses in hundreds of rural communities, helping the Government … rural Ireland without a treatment system. Rural Ireland simply cannot wait the decades it will take to deliver the treatment plants needed. Uisce Éireann has shown no interest in delivering these small scale treatment systems as it is more focused on the large urban areas. There

authorities will now be building housing for those with complex disabilities. This will deliver a significant increase in the number of appropriate homes for people who need them, with a much better geographical spread to ensure they can remain in and of their communities. I thank my colleague

laboratories, technology rooms, home economics rooms, multimedia suites, mainstream classrooms, special education tuition rooms and special education classrooms. The impact of this will be felt in communities right across the country. This includes more than 80 school building projects, approximately 57 completed special schools delivering more than

holding it back? In reality it is our infrastructure deficits. It is not lack of ambition. It is about constraints on housing and community development. First and foremost, our water and wastewater infrastructure is at capacity in many places. In Drogheda, Dundalk and Ardee, and across north … deliver care closer to homes. Louth's population is growing. That is expected and planned for. It is not acceptable to allow delivery to lag behind demographic reality such that services are constantly in crisis mode. Housing is not just about units; it is about building communities

building will not provide sustainable communities and homes. A significant concern is that this is about cramming as many units as possible into a site for two reasons. The first is for viability, which is profitability, and the second is so the Government can say it is delivering … whatever number of units but are they actually homes? I also want to read into the record an article by Dr. Lorcan Sirr on the implications of the changes to apartment sizes for climate change. He referred to the real issue, namely that apartments with windows on more

that, when homes for thousands of people's are delivered, which I look forward to, services for the residents will be delivered at the same pace? The people who have contacted my office are not opposed to housing. They are asking that we build sustainable communities

rural communities, low-income households and small businesses. What supports are offered in return? None. There is no fuel rebate. There is little rural transport expansion. There is no meaningful relief for those who have no choice but to drive. This budget also fails to deliver on housing … continues to scar our towns. We need direct build programmes, not just schemes and subsidies. There are over 16,000 people homeless and more than 5,000 of these are children. This budget does not help them get a home. During the election, this Government promised that

rural communities, people can build homes on their land, whether they live locally or are born locally. It is about getting that balance right. We have a national development plan of over €100 billion and much of that is to make sure we are delivering houses

need to promote an increase in the uptake of flexible work practices. Deputy Malcolm Byrne - To discuss the planned new Courtown Coast Guard building. Deputy Louise O'Reilly - To discuss the need for out-of-hours GP services for Fingal West. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - To discuss the ongoing … discuss the number of affordable purchase homes delivered in Dublin city. Deputy Joanna Byrne - To discuss the exclusion of schools in disadvantaged areas of Drogheda from the DEIS plus scheme. Deputy Colm Burke - To discuss Mayfield library and community centre. Deputy Shane Moynihan - To discuss supports for children

affordable housing delivered there. I nGaeltacht na nDéise, the crisis is deeper. The community is facing an existential threat. It is not just about supply. It is about the survival of this unique language community. Young families cannot get a home, they cannot set up a place … live, they cannot build a home if they have the wherewithal to do it and the Government has not grasped the reality of that. We are still waiting for the treoirlínte pleanála Gaeltachta, the planning guidelines. On affordable sites, local authority chief executives are telling us there just

resource the LDA and councils to build the necessary homes. The problem is that people now lack trust in the Government's capacity to deliver homes. Its 2024 election campaign was predicated on a false premise. It delivered 10,000 fewer homes that year than it promised … struck in 2017 to provide 900 social and affordable homes. A decade on, we see the developer reneging on the commitment to deliver any affordable purchase homes, robbing local people of the chance to own their own home. To add insult to injury, Simon Coveney, the former housing

communities. Therefore, it will be critical to deliver compact and sustainable growth patterns, and any allocation of land in relation to updated targets will need to reflect the potential of brownfield land, including infill sites, the conversion of existing buildings and the reuse of vacant and derelict buildings … greater regional balance is the overall development of both urban and rural areas in Ireland, with a particular policy focus on delivering strengthened and diversified rural communities, consistent with Government policy. This extends to the Gaeltacht areas across the country, where promotion and protection of the Irish language