Image: Shutterstock/Claudine Van Massenhove Image: Shutterstock/Claudine Van Massenhove THE IRISH GOVERNMENT has denied an assertion by the United Nations that “housing in Ireland is moderately unaffordable”.
The Irish government has facilitated housing financing through “preferential tax laws and weak tenant protections among other measures”, added the letter.In March, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said the letter was a “wake-up call” for the government. However, in praising its own policies, the government failed to mention in the correspondence that recent figures showed a record number of people were homeless in Ireland during April.
The Irish government states, that “in accordance with the Irish Constitution, the correct name of the State in the English language is Ireland. It would be appreciated if this could be borne in mind in all future communications with the State. Right to housing “For these reasons the issue of the right to housing was referred, for further consideration, to the appropriate Oireachtas Committee – the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach in October 2017.”
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What's also putting pressure on housing is the mass illegal immigration being forced on countries by UN 25% ppl on housing lists are now non irish UN stop your illegal immigration invasion
Usual Irish Government arrogant response.. Everybody else is wrong but the Irish The Irish always know best Just like we knew best the last time the Troika put manners on the state and which we are all still paying dearly for except for the Banks and their Tax Free deal
The government in Ireland are a bunch of lying, incompetent, snakes if they think they can even argue that housing is affordable! Perhaps if they had to commute 120KM, (from house they can barely afford) a day to work, and NOT get expenses for it they'd know this!
The last few paragraphs where they claim what they have done is nothing more than a joke - Lieo and his pals are the most disgusting government since the 1930’s and the cosgrave govern - he who said of poor people ‘get them out of my sight ‘
It’s the its not quite Monaco yet argument from the squinty shit for brains in our civil service. They’re still down there on their hands and knees,nose to arse, praying for rain.
Is this scumbag government living on a different planet ? They need to be voted out of power
davidhall75 have you seen this Outrageous!!! Keep up the good work on your end!!! ICHHDUBLIN
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