New Irish Government Outlines Ambitious Plans for Housing, Health, and Climate

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New Irish Government Outlines Ambitious Plans for Housing, Health, and Climate
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The emerging Programme for Government in Ireland outlines key commitments across housing, health, and climate. The plan includes building thousands of social homes annually, extending housing schemes, and increasing healthcare resources. It also aims to significantly reduce emissions by 2030 through various initiatives.

Details of the Programme for Government are emerging and they include a number of commitments for housing, health and the climate.Details of the Programme for Government are emerging and they include a number of commitments for housing, health and the climate.The office will then rotate, with Fine Gael leader Simon Harris stepping into the position.There is also a commitment to build an average of 12,000 social homes a year.

In terms of renting, the Programme commits to progressively increasing the renters tax credit and establishing a rent price register., including the construction of four new elective hospitals - two in Dublin, one in Cork and one in Galway - and opening the National Children's Hospital.The Programme commits to legislating for the right to be forgotten for cancer survivors seeking insurance to take effect seven years after their treatment ends.

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