Over Half Of Rebuilding Ireland Promises Failed

More than half of the promised actions set out in Rebuilding Ireland have failed, according to new analysis.

Fianna Fáil representative Darragh O'Brien conducted a look into the plan based on PQs assessing each individual action outlined. It was found 52% of the 84 actions have failed.

Revealing more about the analysis, Deputy O'Brien said: "Homelessness has increased by 3,206 or 49% since Rebuilding Ireland was launched. Rebuilding Ireland set a target of Doubling of output to deliver over 25,000 units per annum on average over the period of the Plan 2017-2021. It has reached just 72% of that target with an average of 17,992 per annum for 2017-2019.


"Rents have increased by 30% since Rebuilding Ireland was launched according to the RTB. Rebuilding Ireland did not reverse the 2011 government decision to remove Home Ownership as a policy goal. Ireland's Home Ownership rates is the lowest since 1971 and is now below the EU average.

"Fine Gael have clearly abandoned addressing the housing crisis by deciding not to invest any more money into solving it. In contrast Fianna Fáil has a six-part plan to get Ireland building again including an ambitious €250m SSIA scheme for First Time Buyers. We are committed to building 50,000 social homes and 50,000 affordable homes by 2025. We are ramping up spending by €2.2bn overall in comparison to Fine Gael's €200m. We are also slashing red tape on local authorities to drive on building levels," concluded Deputy O'Brien.

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