Housing Adaptation Grants
Mary welcomes the new from the Government of €75 million fund to improve homes for older people and people with disabilities. Grants of up to €30,000 are available to assist people with a disability in carrying out necessary works to make a house more suitable for their needs, up to €8,000 to assist older people […]
Land Development Agency
The crisis in housing supply and affordability requires a massive and strategic state intervention in the provision of social and affordable homes. One of the most significant costs in the provision of any home is the cost of land. The state is the biggest landowner and must use state owned land, suitable for social and […]
Social Housing- Retrofitting
Approximately 40% of Ireland’s energy related carbon emissions come from buildings alone. To help reduce carbon emissions and make local authority homes warmer, easier to heat and more comfortable Government has invested €45 million in an energy efficiency retrofitting programme for 2021. This week our Government announced funding under the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme for […]
Cross Guns SHD- Public Meeting
On Saturday February 13th Mary and Cllr Eimer McCormack hosted public meeting online to review the planning application for the Cross Guns Strategic Housing Development. The application was made to An Bord Pleanala on 1st February 2020 and the deadline for submissions is 5.30pm on March 8th. For info on how to submit an observation […]
Cross Guns
Mary & Cllr Eimer McCormack are hosting a public meeting to review a new SHD planning application for 205 apartments at the old bakery site at Cross Guns. The application was made to An Bord Pleanala on 1st February 2020 and the deadline for submissions is 5.30pm on March 8th.The agenda for our zoom call is: Overview […]
Mary on the Last Word
Sinn Féin and Social Democrat TDs are opposed to government financially supporting people on modest incomes own their own home. Defending Government’s ambitious Affordable Housing Plan, on Matt Coopers The Last Word, Mary called on Cian O’Callaghan from the Soc Dem’s to read the plan and to support it. Listen back here
Opposition to Affordable Housing
As part of the biggest housing budget in the history of the State (€3.3billion) Government have an ambitious Affordable Housing Plan that Sinn Féin and Social Democrats are opposing. They appear to be opposed to modest income earners owning their own home. Fianna Fáil believes in home ownership and is determined to put it in […]
Cross Guns
An application was made to An Bord Pleanála on 1st February 2020 for 205 build to rent apartments. Observations must be made to An Bord Pleanála by 5.30pm on March 8th. The proposal includes the following: 55 studio apartments 85 one bed apartments 65 two bed apartments Up to 12 storeys (54m, slightly smaller than […]
Homelessness
Homelessness is still a significant problem and Government has allocated €220million to prevent homelessness, provide emergency and long term accommodation for homeless people. On a positive note, in the Dublin region a record number of homeless people were provided with permanent homes in the final months of 2020. In January the number of homeless families […]
Affordable Housing
Mary has called for politicians of all parties and none to support Governments €3.3billion ambitious social and affordable housing plan. Access to secure, affordable, fit for purpose housing is one of the most immediate challenges facing young people and families in Ireland today. Over the last ten years housing supply dropped, house prices inflated, and […]