Speaking to delegates in Cork, she accused Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael of 'perpetuating an unequal Ireland'.
LABOUR LEADER IVANA Bacik said the biggest failure of the current government is “the housing disaster”.Speaking to delegates in Cork, she accused Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael of “perpetuating an unequal Ireland”.“The current conservative coalition is just not working.
“The government has abandoned an entire generation to the private rental casino game – a game they can only lose,” she said.“A temporary extension of the ban would provide breathing space to increase housing supply,” she said. She said Labour would create a housing model of public homes on public land, while a right to housing would be “enshrined” in the Constitution.“Our ambition is for one million homes in 10 years, starting now,” she said.
On agriculture, Bacik said there is a need to “change the way we farm” by working with farming families and food producers to achieve sustainable rural communities.She said Labour would introduce a “climate ticket” to provide unlimited bus and train journeys anywhere in Ireland for nine euro per month.
“We would commit massive investment to primary care and the training of new nurses and doctors,” she said.
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