Latest News – Housing

Overall €56.4m spent to bring 3,607 vacant homes back into use The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD,…

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien has today [20th January 2021] published the Affordable Housing Bill 2020. The Bill provides…

Fianna Fáil TD for Galway West Éamon Ó Cuív has welcomed confirmation that the Department of Housing, Local Government, and Heritage are…

Local Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Darragh O’Brien TD has welcomed the allocation of €18,000 for a wetland development at…

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD and Barry Andrews MEP met today to discuss a number of…

Fianna Fáil TD for Cork North Central Pádraig O’Sullivan says the draft Programme for Government will help first time buyers get a…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Climate Action, Jack Chambers has welcomed the announcement of a new ambitious retrofitting programme as outlined in the…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Darragh O’Brien, has said that cases where people availing of the temporary wage…

Fianna Fáil TD for Tipperary Jackie Cahill says plans for a home energy retrofitting plan must be rolled out without delay. Deputy…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Darragh O’Brien, has said that the temporary supports put in place to prevent…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Darragh O’Brien, has said that the reopening of construction sites across the country…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Darragh O’Brien, has said that while the latest drop in the number of…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Darragh O’Brien, has welcomed news that homeowners with mortgages from their local authority…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Darragh O’Brien has called on the Department of Housing to immediately introduce a…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Darragh O’Brien has called for greater supports to be made available to members…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Darragh O’Brien has called on third level universities and institutions to offer partial…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Darragh O’Brien has said that help must be given to homeowners struggling with…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Darragh O’Brien has called for greater awareness to be made to ensure that…

Fianna Fáil Housing Spokesperson Darragh O’Brien today launched a detailed analysis of Re-Building Ireland based on PQs assessing each individual action outlined…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government Darragh O’Brien has said that while the reduction in the number of people…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Planning and Local Government Darragh O’Brien has said effective taxation tools are needed to incentivise proper development…

FF Housing Policy “Owning your own home” – Main Points Total Package – €2.1bn in additional spending above pre-committed levels. 1. Strengthening…

Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Housing, Darragh O’Brien TD, has called on Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy to swiftly publish a report on the…

Fianna Fáil General Election candidate for Clare Cllr. Cathal Crowe has welcomed a Fianna Fáil Bill which would empower local authorities to…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing and TD for Dublin-Fingal, Darragh O’Brien, has published a Bill which would empower local authorities to earmark…

Fianna Fáil TD for Tipperary Jackie Cahill has called on the Environment Minister to clarify whether homeowners who signed up to the…

Fianna Fáil TD for Cork South West Margaret Murphy O’Mahony has called on the Environment Minister to clarify whether homeowners who signed…

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Justice, Deputy Jim O’Callaghan has proposed a deposit secure scheme to protect tenants from fraudulent lettings. Deputy O’Callaghan…

Fianna Fáil TD for Galway East, Anne Rabbitte, says that a lack of affordable housing in Galway is limiting the opportunities for…

Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin Mid-West John Curran has highlighted the fact that only 18 homes have been delivered and tenanted in…

Fianna Fáil Senator Catherine Ardagh has said community engagement should be to the fore as the old Player Wills factory, Bailey Gibson…

Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Housing, Darragh O’Brien TD, has highlighted the difficulty faced by those with disabilities, who often spend longer on…