Supply is the key to addressing the housing crisis, according to Galway East TD Sean Canney.
The government has been told that the support of seven rural Independent TDs, including deputy Canney, in a crucial vote on the eviction ban tomorrow in the Dail rests on how it responds to their demands.
The Regional Group of Independents has put forward eight 'asks / amendments” to combat the housing crisis, including tax relief for small landlords and contacting developers who have not started building planned housing projects.
The Dáil will debate a Sinn Féin motion this evening calling for the eviction ban to be reintroduced, with the vote on the motion tomorrow.
Independent Galway-East TD Seán Canney has been telling Midwest News Editor Teresa O’Malley more about what’s contained in his grouping’s “asks/ amendments”...