Will the greens be in government after the next general election?

The only way car use will be discouraged is if the next government tries to get new companies that locate here to set up in the many commuter towns around Dublin.

People can't afford to live in Dublin so they are forced to commute. The public transport to these towns is beyond a joke. I would use public transport if it was available. The traffic in the mornings coming from my area is nuts at the moment and only getting worse with all the new building going on with people moving down to the sticks.

You asked who I thought were good spokespeople and I answered. You don't have to agree.

I also asked you who you thought was a good minister. You've not answered, for some reason.

What point are you trying to make? I've shown you the figures. New builds are way down on independent (Housing Commission) projections on how many are needed, and they fail to meet the government's own targets. Even if you count rent-only apartments and student accommodation. It doesn't matter what way you try to sell this, the government's housing policy is an abject failure, and there are >13,000 homeless.

/shrug. If the cap fits... You're the one who is saying everything in the garden is rosy, for you. You don't seem willing to recognise it isn't all rosy for a good chunk of society.

They are still building motorways.

They have not increased grants for house insulation or other sustainability measures (I think they've actually reduced some of the grants?) and they have not introduced a low-or zero-interest loan scheme, so that people who can't afford to pay outright for such measures or can't afford/get a loan might also be able to avail of such measures. And it's poorer people who tend to live in the houses that would benefit most from such measures.

They - and other councillors from other parties and none, this is a local government issue! - have improved some cycle lanes in some places. Fair play to them.

They have squandered the opportunities they had by being in cabinet and in government, and gotten very little to show for it. We're supposed to have 1 million EVs by 2030 - 6 years from now - but won't have any way to charge them (no solar at night). The Greens, I believe, are still opposed to having anything nuclear on the island?

Ok, it's "not ruling out", as opposed to "this makes bags of sense and we're going to go for it to secure our energy requirements for the future", but it's progress!

In fairness, there's a lot of practical issues, including costs, public buy in and ability to deliver.

What point, you made a statement about shoebox apartments which was incorrect. Yet instead of admitting that have jumped around to planning and to rentals etc instead of admitting.

In regards to the failure of housing, you should have a chat with Sinn Fein in terms of the use of planning system to block houses and increase the number of homelessness in Ireland. All the parties are at it but Sinn Fein have strategically blocked properties all over Ireland to slow building project and reduce supply. Have a look at the number of social housing when Sinn Fein took over DCC to the number they ended up when they got removed in 2019.

The "im alright jack" is the typical nonsense spouted by Sinn Fein supporters when they know what they posted was wrong. Go after the poster instead of the post. Trying to say non Sinn Fein supporters don't care about anyone else. Total rubbish

In my first post I said Ireland has issues and I never said we don't. So doesn't really fit does it?

All the SEAI grants got a huge bump recently

Still plenty of issues with the system and but they got improved.

In terms of council houses been upgraded, see below for Dublin alone.

The numbers of EV's on the road will struggle like most countries because the car suppliers have totally overpriced them after covid. Plenty of videos of what is happening in the UK when the second hand market is crashing with huge amount been wiped off electric cars overnight. That's not the green party who can control the over pricing of electric cars by manufacturers. I do believe the grants for electric cars should be removed because it's just been used to fill car dealers pockets and not reducing the price.

In terms of nuclear, yes the Greens are, so are every other party in Ireland unless you can name one?

https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/dublin-news/almost-10000-dublin-city-council-homes-get-retrofitting-upgrade/42363617.html

Still don't know what you think I was wrong about with apartment sizes. They are shoeboxes. There are a grand total of 12 one-bed apartments for sale in my postal district. Ten of them list the size: 5 are under 50m2. 3 of them are exactly 50m2. 2 are bigger than 50m2, but none are bigger than 53m2. Shoeboxes.

And I'm not a Sinn Féin supporter. I'll give them a transfer or two, if their second candidate is also pro-choice. Anyone but FF, FG, or the far right. The Greens might even get my last transfer, unless they run another anti-choice candidate.

You completely failed to address any of my points about young people and people starting out in "middle-class" occupations like teaching and nursing literally being unable to afford to live in Dublin, so yeah, if the cap fits, Jack...

Quick look at daft, apartment for sale. 75m2, 81m2, 71m2. Cheapest apartment for sale is in Limerick and is 60m2 and one just sold 65m2

The shoebox apartment in reality is something spun on the web. Im sure if you trawl around long enough you will find some but in reality the majority are way bigger.

The "Im no Sinn Fein supporter" is about 5 posts too late😂

Tell you what, have a look at Louise O'Reilly performance in the Dail on her and Mary Lou twitter. See any issues? then watch the people you claimed to be good and notice the similarities

Grand, so, I'll tell my kid about the apartment in Limerick, four-hour commute a day will build character, sure. 🙄

Sure, we can use the filters and look for the biggest apartments. Now don't do that and just search 1 bed apartments in Dublin areas. You'll find the results are quite different.

Well, given the people of Midleton apparently objected to a solar farm (because of the noise?!) - yeah, that'd certainly be an issue!

See. I no longer believe you.

"I have no idea if you can filter or not"?

No one can believe that. You think if you're looking for a 3 bed in Mayo, you have to trawl through the 1 beds in Dublin?

Go away out of that and enjoy your life. Others aren't as fortunate.

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