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Varadkar: 'Far too many people have to spend too much of their income on rent'
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty says rents are out of control.
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Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty says rents are out of control.
Independent TD Mattie McGrath said Martin was drinking too much green tea and that it had gone to his head.
Mary Lou McDonald has called for a 0% VAT rate for a period of time on domestic energy bills.
Micheál Martin says they are working with the EU to see if there can be greater flexibility.
TD Richard Boyd Barrett said he was concerned about recent calls for greater cooperation with NATO.
“The lights won’t go out,” Leo Varadkar told the Dáil today.
Both Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil brought up events of the past.
Public health officials advised the government of the move following a meeting today.
The Cabinet sub committee on economic recovery will meet next week to discuss the rising cost of living in Ireland.
Micheál Martin said record sums of money have been given to the HSE and to CHI.
Leader’ Questions got heated today with the Taoiseach and Mary Lou McDonald hitting out at each other over housing issues.
‘I honestly don’t think you’re living in the real world,’ Labour leader Alan Kelly told the Taoiseach today.
Tributes were also paid to Ashling Murphy, who was laid to rest in Offaly yesterday
Mary Lou McDonald says children and teachers are left freezing in classrooms as windows must be left open.
Micheal Martin has denied that he said teachers would be exempt from Covid-19 isolation rules.
The report’s publication has been delayed following a dispute between the HSE, gardaí and the report’s authors.
It was reported at the weekend that two ministers may attend housing ‘roadshows’.
Eamon Ryan has told families of the victims of the Irish Coast Guard helicopter R116 crash that the Government will cover their legal costs.
The children said all they want is to feel safe in their homes.
The Sinn Féin leader said it was “scandalous” that such a low number will be delivered in 2021.
Varadkar said the Department of Housing has also received requests from local authorities in Sligo, Clare, Limerick and Tipperary to engage in the Defective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme.
The Taoiseach said a “close eye” will be kept on colleges and what they charge in for rent.
Catherine Murphy said leasing properties from funds was “an abuse of public money”.
Opposition TDs have called on the government to rescind its decision, describing it as “absolutely bananas”.
The Tánaiste has said there are “problems, quite frankly, in going forward with this project”.
The HSE chief said it is planned that the second doses of AstraZeneca will be completed by 19 July.
Opposition says government must ensure that all renters – not just those that fall under the Covid-19 protections – are not hit with an 8% rent hike.
Richard Boyd Barrett told the Tánaiste the drivers were “threatened with fines”.
Róisín Shortall said the transfer of patronage was ‘a snail-paced programme’.
Martin said the HSE’s modelling is still based on delivering 450,000 doses per week by the middle of June.
Labour’s Aodhán Ó Riordán said the country can’t afford to lose another generation.
The Cabinet is due to meet next Tuesday and Thursday before signing off on plans for the easing of restrictions in May.
A delivery of 112,000 vaccines were delivered last night, said Varadkar.
Government says it’s on target to give first dose to 72,000 over-85s by the end of the first week of March.
The review was commissioned in 2018 but its publication was delayed.
The Tánasite said he could not make a commitment today that it would be extended beyond 28 February.
Tensions were running high during Leaders’ Questions.
His comments come after reports that the tribunal has yet to receive a single claim, more than two months after it started its work.
Mary Lou McDonald said the plan would cost individuals more than 2,000 euro a year.