FF react to SF consititutional amendment for Housing

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Thursday November 13, 2003 16:43

by SF member

FF's Pat Carey reacts very negatively to SF housing campaign and seems to suggest that a consititutional amendment would be bad as it would mean the state would be obliged to provide adequate housing to its citzens - god forbid that would be a good thing!

Statement From Fianna Fáil Press Office

Sinn Fein's motion this week calling for a constitutional amendment to enshrine the right to housing is full of hollow rhetoric, empty gestures and meaningless slogans. If carried out, it would cause mayhem in the housing market according to Fianna Fáil Dublin North West Deputy Pat Carey TD.

"What would the provision of a statutory right to housing achieve? It would be a step backwards and would threaten our ability to prioritize housing policies and measures in favour of those most in the need. This is because an approach based on the assertion of personal legal rights could allow less needy people to litigate their way to the front."

"The Bill would for the same reason place greater pressure on housing services and its wider effects on the housing market would be incalculable. Is Sinn Fein's attachment to legal principles worth the risk of derailing a housing strategy, which is clearly demonstrated to be having a positive effect?

We are now building some 15 houses per 1,000 population annually which is by far the highest rate of output in the European Union and over four times that of Britain. We are also pressing ahead with the largest area regeneration programme ? Ballymun - in the European Union where we will be providing about 2,900 new low-rise houses over the next six years. This year alone we expect to see the completion of about 400 new houses in Ballymun.

5,000 residents have already been designated new homes and 22 of the 36 existing flat blocks have now been earmarked for demolition over the next four years.

We are modernising the private rented sector through comprehensive new legislation now before the House. We are expanding the range of social and voluntary housing measures and developing more focused responses to special housing needs.

A huge amount of money is being spent on inner city flat complexes under the remedial works programme. These include Oliver Bond flats, Nicholas Street-Ross Road, Liberty House and Mary Aikenhead House.

Fianna Fáil has tackled these issues and will continue to tackle them while people like Arthur Morgan and Sinn Féin whinge and engage in meaningless soundbytes. For Arthur Morgan to talk about Fianna Fail abdicating responsibility on housing is like the Manager of Scunthorpe FC lecturing Alex Ferguson and Manchester Utd on winning Championships.

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What would you expect...

by Canteen Kevin

Thu Nov 13, 2003 17:25

...from a shower of gangsters who abolished the first time buyers grant AND speculator housing tax. They then had the effrontery to claim that the builders would reduce prices accordingly. Yet just yesterday I heard some FF crook on the radio boasting about how they had slapped extra VAT on building materials.

SF cllr pays bin tax

by humpty

Thu Nov 13, 2003 21:13

SF councillour for Tallaght Central, Mark Daly pays his bin tax and urged other residents of Dublin to do likewise.

What disciplinary action has been taken? Will he stand as a SF candidate in the elections next June?

Pats chat

by Redbhoy

Thu Nov 13, 2003 23:29

Is this the same Pat Carey who was at the fore front of the move to change the free parking at the Drogheda Mall in Finglas into a pay and display car park. Cheers for that one Pat!!!?? The same Pat Carey who voted for the mainly working class constituency of Finglas and surrounding areas to pay the stealth tax that is the Dreaded bin charges. Pat is obviously another FF'er who is adamant on the working class paying the way for the upper eschalons of Irish society. Low income earners were recently put through a bloody lottery to get affordable housing in Finglas. Fianna Fail (with their left to centre leader) are happy with the state of the country. Why should they change anything.? They get the backhanders from their buddies in the concrete business and the likes. No care is afforded to the less well off by FF. See how long it took for anything to get done about the scum in Finglas with its two FF TDs. Railings and barriers keep going up but the scum arent stopped and wont be by the likes of Pat Carey and Noel Ahern.

Finglas

by jeff

Fri Nov 14, 2003 15:35

If Finglas had made sure to vote Labour or Sinn Fein, they would not have these problems. But no, like most of the other sheep minded voters in Ireland, they voted for the FF, begorrah. It is too late now. Elections will not happen until 2006, at which stage they will probably be messed about with through electronic voting.

There is nought at this stage anyone can do. We're fucked, and FF are the sadists fucking, and will continue to do so until something drastic ( I mean DRASTIC) happens in 2014. That is when the Army will eventually step in...

Humpty

by Cynic

Sun Nov 16, 2003 18:19

Get off your wall, you are not doing the SP or the Anti Charges campaign any favours by this constant sniping at SF.

SF deserve to be exposed

by SF watcher

Tue Nov 18, 2003 18:50

SF have activly tried to sabbotage the anti bin tax campaign. They are only interested in using the issue for the elections. It is not SF that have incurred massive fines and court expences it is not SF that have been in prison. They are a disgrace and deserve to be exposed on this issue.

Again, what will happen to Mark Daly? He supports the bin tax, he pays it, he urges other to do likewise, he is a SF cllr, will he be deselected?

Oh my!

by Me

Tue Nov 18, 2003 18:53

Looks like Kevin's puppies have been let off the leash again.

why sf supporters?

by why

Tue Nov 18, 2003 18:58

Why is it that people on this site seem to be very easy on Sinn Féin?

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