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Dáil hears of 'magic' reduction in city housing list

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Dáil hears of 'magic' reduction in city housing list

Galway Bay fm newsroom - The Dáil has heard that the housing list for Galway City has 'magically' experienced the biggest drop in the entire country.

Contributing to a debate on housing, Deputy Catherine Connolly offered that Government figures show the number of families on the list has decreased by 33 percent.

She claimed that a 'Rebuilding Ireland' document shows a drop from 3,300 households waiting for a home to just 2,200 in just 9 months.

She told the chamber this is the largest percentage drop nationwide - but expressed skepticism at the claim and wanted to know how the figures were reached.

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Speaking in the Dáil, Independent Deputy Connolly suggested the household figures don't add up.

Deputy Connolly argued that there is no overall plan in place for the city - and it's back to being led by developers.

However, speaking in response, Junior Minister John Paul Phelan said that Deputy Connolly does not have all of her facts right.

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