Sir, – Building on Pat Leahy’s excellent observation that the Government’s response to the housing crisis is barely at the mildly urgent level (“Housing emergency? Ireland is not even acting at the level of mildly urgent”, June 2nd), may I suggest a suitable response that addresses the supply side issues currently faced?
1) All Ministers, civil servants, planners, and local authority heads involved in the planning process and the delivery of critical infrastructure such as water and electricity – as well as TDs, Senators and local councillors who make representations on behalf of objectors in their constituency, members of the judiciary who make planning decisions, serial objectors and owners of derelict properties – to be made homeless and put on the housing waiting list.
2) Keep the above on the waiting list until the housing crisis is marked as “solved”.
Perhaps this might focus minds accordingly. All without the need to offer someone ¤450,000 per annum. – Yours, etc,
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RORY J WHELAN,
Drogheda,
Co Meath.
