Home ownership figures released by the CSO today have been met with calls for the state to scale up investment in public, mixed-income housing. Reacting to the figures, Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party) said: The CSO figures prove that, for most middle income households, getting a mortgage to buy a home is an impossibity. [...]
The government’s ‘Help to Buy’ scheme has come under criticism for subsidising builders while failing to address the housing needs of most middle and low income households. Figures released by the Department of Finance show that the scheme is expected to come in well above budget, with an average take-up of €15,000 / household. Speaking [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan Eilis Ryan, Workers’ Party Councillor for the North Inner City has blasted the Dublin North Inner City Taskforce Report for ignoring vital issues like housing and instead focusing on ‘narrative changing’. Cllr Ryan attacked the report, authored by Kieran Mulvey, for focusing on clichés over actual substance: “The focus in [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan Information has emerged that Kieran Mulvey’s report into tackling violence in Dublin’s north inner city will be launched this Thursday (16th February) - without any formal invitation or notification being issued to the North Inner City Community Coalition, the main community stakeholder in the area. The move has led to [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan The Workers’ Party have called on Minister Simon Coveney to alter his proposed distressed mortgage ‘lease back’ plan to a fully public model, in order to cut out the profits of the landlord in the middle. Under the proposals released by Minister Coveney this morning, households with distressed mortgages will [...]
Taoiseach’s inner city task force ignores housing – despite Dublin 1 having more two-beds for sale for €1million than for under €200,000 Cllr. Éilis Ryan The “Taoiseach’s Taskforce” response to inner city violence and drug feuding has attracted criticism for failing to deal with the crisis of housing in the area. Speaking [...]
Cllr. Éilis Ryan There has been negative reaction to a proposal announced today (Thursday 12th January) by government to consider the reintroduction of tax relief to those paying for private rented accommodation. Speaking following an announcement by Minister for Housing, Simon Coveney, that the measure – phased out during the recession – might [...]
Workers’ Party Dublin City Councillor Éilis Ryan has slammed the decision by Justice Paul Gilligan not to grant a stay on the eviction order on the occupiers of Apollo House as a callous betrayal of some of the most vulnerable people in Irish society. Cllr Ryan said: ‘This decision is a callous and cold-hearted one. [...]
A Dublin City Councillor has criticised council officials’ decision to reject NAMA social housing offers because of concerns about ‘tenure mix.’ Cllr. Éilis Ryan (Workers’ Party, North Inner City), was responding to reports that Dublin City Council rejected over a quarter of properties offered to it by NAMA in 2016 because of concerns around ‘tenure [...]
Unoccupied hospital bed- a rare sight in Ireland's public hospitals The Workers’ Party have said that the latest increase in the number of patients on hospital trolleys in Ireland today has gone beyond an emergency and now requires bold and immediate action by the government. Cork based Workers’ Party councillor Ted Tynan has [...]
