COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Tuesday, May 06, 2014

MOTION NO.3

MOTION: Councillor C. King

That this Council calls on the Minister for Housing to convene an emergency summit to deal with the ever growing problem with housing within Dublin as a result of years of over reliance on private rented sector, the severe lack of private rented accommodation available at present, the lack of investment in building Social Housing and the more than €1Billion cut in the National Housing budget in the past five years. That this summit's membership includes the Minister for Finance, the Minister of the Environment, the Housing agency, Dublin Directors of Housing and the four County Managers in the Dublin region, an elected representative from each Party & none as well as representatives from the main Homeless agencies such as Peter McVerry Trust, Focus etc.

REPORT:

If this motion is passed the terms will be sent to the Minister for the Environment.