€43bn should have been enough to build 110,000 homes. Only 27,000 were built
Another €9.4 billion was allocated to housing last week. There are questions to be asked about the effectiveness of housing budget spending
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Fire brigade response times worsen with just over half of incidents attended within 10 minutes
National Oversight and Audit Commission figures show lowest rate of speedy arrivals at blazes since official statistics first compiled in 2014
Reduction in homelessness a ‘positive impact’ of Covid-19
Ban on evictions and increased bed capacity led to significant reduction in Dublin
More than 3,600 local authority homes vacant at end of 2017
Audit report shows councils take on average over seven months to re-let houses
Repairing roads the most important council service, survey finds
One-quarter of respondents satisfied with councils’ performance on affordable housing
Four years before inspection rate of 25% of rented homes in place
Rate was below 2% in seven local authorities in 2014, with 55% of homes below standard
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