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Planning rules aimed at preventing investors bulk-buying multiple houses have led to more than 1,000 homes being ring-fenced for owner-occupiers across Galway.

Local Sinn Féin Deputy Sorca Clarke has said that eye-watering rent increases in County Westmeath show that the Government has no plan for a private rental sector that is spiralling out of control.

The temporary waiver of development levies and the refund of Uisce Éireann water and wastewater connection charges must be extended to further boost the supply of new housing stock, newly appointed Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Peter Burke, has said.

Fitzpatrick & Heavey Homes, a prominent Irish property developer, has announced the commencement of construction on its highly anticipated new housing development, Gort an Locha estate, in Moate.

Local Fianna Fáil Deputy, Robert Troy, has welcomed confirmation from the Housing Minister, Darragh O’Brien that Moate will soon benefit from an affordable housing scheme to incorporate some 22 housing units within the town.

Housing is the biggest issue of our time, it is the foundation on which a decent society is built. Food, shelter and education. Yet rents in Galway have risen by over 16% to over €1700 in the last year. Struggling families are paying over €1500 to rent a three-bedroom house in our city. There are now nearly 250 people homeless across our city.

Sinn Féin TD Rose Conway Walsh has said that the latest report on house rental prices has shown the government has 'lost control' of the housing market.

In Galway city, rents have risen by 16.4 per cent in the last year and the average rent is now €1,663, according to the latest Daft.ie rental report. In County Galway, market rents were on average 12.4 per cent higher in the second quarter of 2022 compared to last year. The average listed rent is now €1,184, up 132 per cent from its lowest point.

Fianna Fáil Senator Ollie Crowe has welcomed new changes to the Tenant Purchase Scheme which have been introduced by the Housing Minister and will come into effect from February 1.

The volatile nature of politics is such that change for the big office holders may only ever be around the corner, but at the outset of 2022 we find ourselves in the unusual position of being guaranteed a change of Taoiseach this year, and this in turn may have a knock-on effect in other areas.