The level of arrogance amongst the Government when it comes to their chronic and abysmal failure to deal with the Housing Crisis is on the one hand astounding, but on the other completely reasonable given the media class and enough of the electorate just do not seem to want to hold them to account. They care so little about the people who are being crushed that can just say, frankly, any old shite, without consequence.
Cautious-Hovercraft7 on
He’s a liar, not the first time he’s denied the obvious
IntentionFalse8822 on

Summs up government approach to reality at the moment
Express_Biscotti_628 on
Stupid Taoiseach
Return_of_the_Bear on
But what about sinn fein and [insert any other topic]! What about that?!
Internal-Spinach-757 on
“Up is down” ay Micheál?
hughsheehy on
Remember now that this man’s job is supposed to be to do the best for the country. That’s his job.
He gets paid very well for that.
And he takes the money.
phyneas on
> Mr Martin insisted that the fall-off in housing commencements had been anticipated by Government in the first six months of this year, given what he described as **the “extraordinary” number of commencements** over the last two years.
> “Between 2023 and 2024, you are looking at **close to 50,000 commencements** so if we get those now completed, in addition to those already in the pipeline, I think you will have a significant number of houses completed…”
~25,000 homes a year is extraordinary? Extraordinarily low, maybe, given that we need something like twice that many just to keep up with population growth, never mind filling the current backlog. Hell, the government themselves were promising 60k homes a year between now and 2030 but now suddenly 25k is extraordinarily high and simply impossible to sustain?
> Speaking this afternoon in Cork, Mr Martin said a fall-off in housing commencements was always anticipated in the first six months of this year, given that a waiver on levies for developers had ceased at the end of last year.
Ah, so they ceased the levy waiver with no alternative plan to encourage housing development in place because they don’t need the housing numbers to be going up any longer now that there isn’t an election looming? Sounds about right.
MrStarGazer09 on

FearGaeilge on
Just a reminder that it has been 4146 nights since a former Fine Gael Taoiseach said they couldn’t fix the housing crisis overnight.
CorkBeoWriter on
But they literally are.
That’s objective fact.
Mundane-Inevitable-5 on
I mean they either are or they aren’t.
miju-irl on
The gaslighting from the government on this is surreal to read
cyberlexington on
Folks. He’s absolutely telling the truth. They’re not going in the wrong direction.
For people like him, landlords who can keep charging extortionate rates due to lack of supply
Saxondale-esque on
Tá sé ag insint bréaga…arís
hippihippo on
I thought it 6000 for Q1. if its 6000 for the first 6 months that is tragic
Hot_Grocery8187 on
There never was any bailout!
Potential_Bread2702 on
Doesn’t matter how much new builds they build the Indians will just buy them up anyway
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Of course he would
Fake news is it Micheál?
”hey Michael,the sky is blue”
”no it’s not “
[“We have turned a corner…”](https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2023/03/14/no-rental-sector-tax-breaks-before-budget-as-state-has-turned-a-corner-on-housing-martin-says/)
*”Taoiseach lies about housing figures”*
The level of arrogance amongst the Government when it comes to their chronic and abysmal failure to deal with the Housing Crisis is on the one hand astounding, but on the other completely reasonable given the media class and enough of the electorate just do not seem to want to hold them to account. They care so little about the people who are being crushed that can just say, frankly, any old shite, without consequence.
He’s a liar, not the first time he’s denied the obvious

Summs up government approach to reality at the moment
Stupid Taoiseach
But what about sinn fein and [insert any other topic]! What about that?!
“Up is down” ay Micheál?
Remember now that this man’s job is supposed to be to do the best for the country. That’s his job.
He gets paid very well for that.
And he takes the money.
> Mr Martin insisted that the fall-off in housing commencements had been anticipated by Government in the first six months of this year, given what he described as **the “extraordinary” number of commencements** over the last two years.
> “Between 2023 and 2024, you are looking at **close to 50,000 commencements** so if we get those now completed, in addition to those already in the pipeline, I think you will have a significant number of houses completed…”
~25,000 homes a year is extraordinary? Extraordinarily low, maybe, given that we need something like twice that many just to keep up with population growth, never mind filling the current backlog. Hell, the government themselves were promising 60k homes a year between now and 2030 but now suddenly 25k is extraordinarily high and simply impossible to sustain?
> Speaking this afternoon in Cork, Mr Martin said a fall-off in housing commencements was always anticipated in the first six months of this year, given that a waiver on levies for developers had ceased at the end of last year.
Ah, so they ceased the levy waiver with no alternative plan to encourage housing development in place because they don’t need the housing numbers to be going up any longer now that there isn’t an election looming? Sounds about right.

Just a reminder that it has been 4146 nights since a former Fine Gael Taoiseach said they couldn’t fix the housing crisis overnight.
But they literally are.
That’s objective fact.
I mean they either are or they aren’t.
The gaslighting from the government on this is surreal to read
Folks. He’s absolutely telling the truth. They’re not going in the wrong direction.
For people like him, landlords who can keep charging extortionate rates due to lack of supply
Tá sé ag insint bréaga…arís
I thought it 6000 for Q1. if its 6000 for the first 6 months that is tragic
There never was any bailout!
Doesn’t matter how much new builds they build the Indians will just buy them up anyway
No surprise from that gaslighting prick.
Government housing policy: Deny. Deflect. Delay.
‘Taoiseach denies [*insert weekly failures here*]’
Psssssst he’s lying.