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Skyrocketing property prices continue to be the main barrier to owning a home in Ireland, according to Social Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan. Deputy O’Callaghan, who is the party’s housing spokesperson, said: “The latest national Residential Property Price Index, published today by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), recorded a 9.7 per cent increase in the 12 […]

The HSE must explain why it is sitting on more than 200 vacant properties in the middle of a housing crisis, according to Social Democrats deputy leader Cian O’Callaghan. Deputy O’Callaghan, who is the party’s housing spokesperson, said: “With almost 15,000 people – including over 4,600 children – set to wake up on Christmas Day […]

Predictions that house completions for 2024 will be lower than last year prove that the outgoing government’s already unambitious targets were never going to be achieved, according to Social Democrats deputy leader Cian O’Callaghan. “A forecast by EY-Euroconstruct estimates that just 32,000 new houses will be built this year – almost 700 fewer than in […]

Thousands of lives are being devastated by the ongoing homelessness crisis, according to Social Democrats housing spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan. “When this government was formed in June 2020, there were 8,699 people in homeless emergency accommodation, 2,653 of them children. “There are now 14,966 people living in homeless emergency accommodation. “Shockingly, 4,645 of these are children […]

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien should immediately publish the latest homelessness figures Comments made by Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin in relation to homelessness figures have been described as tone deaf by Social Democrats housing spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan. “During an interview on Virgin Media News, Mr Martin said he hoped to see homelessness figures coming down […]

The legacy of this government will be a broken, dysfunctional housing system Confirmation that house prices are continuing their relentless increase is a further reminder of what’s at stake in this general election, according to Social Democrats deputy leader Cian O’Callaghan. “The CSO has today confirmed that we are continuing to see double digit increases […]

The Social Democrats today published their 10-point plan to make life better for renters in Ireland. The Renters’ Charter was launched by Rory Hearne, the Social Democrats candidate in Dublin North-West, and Róisín Shortall, the party’s finance spokesperson. The charter commits to building 25,000 affordable rental homes over a five-year period, with average rents in […]

A vote for Fine Gael is a vote for the architects of the housing disaster Former Fine Gael Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy’s confession that Fine Gael chose not to prioritise the housing disaster is a damning indictment of their shameful record on housing, according to Social Democrats deputy leader Cian O’Callaghan. “In an interview in […]

Renters have been abandoned by the outgoing Government, according to Social Democrats housing spokesperson Cian O’Callaghan. “The Daft.ie Rental Price Report for Q3 2024 has revealed that rents grew by over 7.2 per cent in the last year alone. “The average monthly rent in Ireland is now €1,955. That is a staggering €23,460 a year […]

Revising housing targets on your way out the door is of little use to people struggling to put a roof over their head, according to Social Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan. Deputy O’Callaghan, who is the party’s spokesperson on housing, said: “We have known for some time that the Government’s Housing for All targets were not […]