Under Two Minutes Afforded To Debate Each Amendment

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From top: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien Contents of the Affordable Housing Bill 2021

This morning.

The Affordable Housing Bill 2021 journeys through the Dáil this week.

But why is it “being rammed through the Dáil at breakneck speed”?

Asks Social Democrats Housing Spokesman Cian O’Callaghan, who writes:

“The Government want us to debate, consider and vote on over 100 amendments to the 45-page Bill in just three hours. That is less than two minutes per amendment. This is not feasible. Many of these proposals and changes, including those tabled by the Green Party, will end up in the bin. This is no way to do business.

“Very serious warnings about aspects of this Bill have been issued by the Central Bank, the ERSI and senior officials in a number of Government Departments. Unfortunately, the Minister is ignoring all of them. Instead, he has chosen to remain on the side of the big builders, and construction sector interests, who have lobbied for a Shared Equity Scheme that will keep house prices high.

If the Minister believed in his plan, he would allow this Bill to be examined and debated. It is clear that he doesn’t. This Bill requires a full and comprehensive debate.

“The people struggling to secure an affordable home deserve better than this half-baked Bill.”

Anyone?

Affordable Housing Bill 2021

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4 thoughts on “Under Two Minutes Afforded To Debate Each Amendment

  1. Blob

    and then of course, when opposition don’t vote for it FF/FG will say they’re blocking a bill to help housing for their own gain. along with the news that the 10% stamp duty is pretty much defunct, its clear the Gov. only want to appear as tho they’re tackling the crisis, but have no intention on doing so. You’d think this would be the end of them in the next GE, but we thought that about FF when they bankrupted the entire country. And in the last GE it seemed as tho people wanted change. But not that much, coz they still voted FF/FG back in. This pattern shows 2 things (1) they’ll never change (2) they don’t have to, to stay in power. Depressing country.

  2. Junkface

    This needs to be fully debated now. The general public know that the housing market in Ireland has been rigged in the wealthy’s favor for decades. FF and FG have wrecked everything.

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