Agenda and minutes

The Lord Mayor welcomed members to the Special Meeting that was requested as outlined in the provisions of paragraph 6, Schedule 10 of the Local Government Act 2001. 

Councillor Daithí Doolan outlined to members and senior management the reasons for calling this special meeting.

The Lord Mayor invited Mick Mulhern, Assistant Chief Executive, Housing Department to provide members with the City Council’s position and outlined the process when dealing with the current Tenant In Situ scheme.

The Lord Mayor then invited speakers from all parties to contribute to the debate.

Following robust debate on the matter, the following motion that was circulated in advance of the meeting was proposed:

Dublin City Council fully recognises the positive role the Tenant in Situ Scheme has played in preventing hundreds of adults and children people from entering homelessness.

The Lord Mayor then opened the floor for debate.

We are concerned that proposed restrictions to the scheme will reduce the ability of the Council to do everything it can to prevent people from losing their home.

We are particularly concerned that the capital allocation for 2025 will be less than the final spend on the scheme in 2024; that refurbishment costs will be excluded; that an arbitrary 2 year in receipt of social housing support rule will be applied to properties; that single people and couples without children could be excluded from the scheme. We understand that the Minister for Housing James Bowne will sign off on the final shape of the scheme before the end of the month and are urging him to provide Dublin City Council with the maximum amount of flexibility on the operation of the scheme and adequate funding to support tenants at risk of homelessness. We agree to write to the Minister for Housing urging him not to make more adults and children homelessness by approving any restrictions to the operation of the Tenant-ln-Situ scheme or reductions in funding to this vital homeless prevention measure.

Signed

Cllr. Daithí Doolan, Cllr.  Kourtney Kenny, Cllr. Donna Cooney, Cllr. Cat O’Driscoll, Cllr  Janice Boylan, Cllr. Anthony Connaghan, Cllr. Conor Reddy, Cllr Aoibheann Mahon, Cllr. Kevin Breen, Cllr. Feljin Jose, Cllr. Pat Dunne, Cllr Ammar Ali, Cllr. Dermot Lacy, Cllr. Clodagh Ni Mhuirí, Cllr. Caroyln Moore, Cllr. Mannix Flynn, Cllr. Christy Burke

The motion was put and carried.

It was also agreed that the Lord Mayor on foot of this meeting would write to Minister James Browne TD, Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to invite him to a future meeting of Dublin City Council to discuss the Tenant In Situ scheme.