Oliver Bond regeneration funding
Conor Sheehan repeated concerns about homelessness and the Government's refusal to fund phase one of the Oliver Bond regeneration project. The Taoiseach said he would discuss the decision with the Minister for Housing and revert.
Homelessness has doubled since June 2020 under the Taoiseach's watch. He will not ban no-fault evictions and we have the highest level of homelessness ever recorded. Today the residents of Oliver Bond flats are coming to terms with the Government's refusal to fund phase one of a long-promised regeneration project. This development has been beset for decades by damp, mould and severe antisocial behaviour. The Taoiseach visited it himself and committed to the regeneration. Now the Government and the Minister have pulled the plug. What in the name of God is going on? How can this be justified? Will the Taoiseach immediately go back and investigate this? If this regeneration is not carried out in the way that has been agreed with Dublin City Council, that development in Oliver Bond is not going to be able to be regenerated within, say, the next decade.
