South Dublin County Council · Special Meeting of County Council (S.140), 25 June 2026 · 25 June 2026
A vote on a motion directing the Chief Executive to suspend any changes to the Differential Rent Scheme or to how social housing rents are calculated until a consultation on the scheme concludes, and not before the 2027 budget is approved.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
That this Council directs the Chief Executive to carry out the following actions at the earliest opportunity: Suspend any changes to the Differential Rent Scheme, residential rent, or the implementation of an alternative scheme in respect of differential rents or method of calculating rent in respect of those in receipt of social housing support, until such time as the Executive concludes a consultation on the differential rent scheme, and not before the approval of the annual budget for 2027. Said consultation should require the Executive to schedule briefings and explainers for council tenants and request written opinion from tenants’ unions and representative bodies such as CATU and the ICSH, and organisations with expertise in tenants’ rights such as Threshold, and those tackling poverty and inequality such as Social Justice Ireland, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the St. Vincent DePaul and revert with same written opinions and reports from meetings with council tenants to the members as soon as practicable.
Proposed by Councillors E. Ó Broin, G. Kenny, J. Sinnott, J. Spear, K. Keane, L. Dunne, M. Johansson, N. Whelan, R. Mannion, W. Carey; seconded by D. Loftus.
The minutes record: As a result of the roll call vote the motion was AGREED.
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Fine Gael | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Fianna Fáil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sinn Féin | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Labour Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| People Before Profit-Solidarity | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Social Democrats | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
None
Tá, Níl and Staon are the minutes’ for, against and abstained. “Didn’t vote” covers councillors on the council that day whom the minutes don’t list under any option, for any reason. Parties are as of the meeting day.