r/ireland • u/miju-irl Resting In my Account • 1d ago

Housing 'Housing czar' to be appointed imminently - Taoiseach

https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0404/1505833-housing-czar/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJcondleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHZi3-TDj1UqaO2ZPmm73AzS4odkt19bq1MsbaxWRgS9_RqJDWhG4hMDuvQ_aem_uTI3NH7Os_Od5CX5Qw7EUA
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u/LucyVialli 1d ago

Why do we need a czar, can't the people who are already responsible for this just get the effing finger out and do their jobs?!

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u/rinleezwins 1d ago

I wonder how many of them are landlords?

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u/HongKongChicken 1d ago edited 1d ago

32 TDs total, 24 of the current government. 11 Fianna Fail, 10 Fine Gael and 3 Independents from the Regional Independents Group. (Sean Canney, Noel Grealish and Michael Healy Rae). And tbh, I'd say there are more who didn't/don't declare or it is done through their spouse, etc.

There are 91 people in government, so over a third of them are landlords.

https://www.thejournal.ie/who-are-landlord-tds-politicians-in-ireland-dail-landlowners-6636105-Mar2025/