Wexford County Council · County Council Meeting 14.04.25 · 14 April 2025
A vote on a motion recognising the role of the Tenant In Situ Scheme in preventing homelessness and expressing concern at new restrictions on it and at its funding for 2025. The council would write to the Minister for Housing urging him to remove the restrictions.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
Wexford County Council fully recognises the positive role the Tenant In Situ Scheme has played in preventing many adults and children from entering homelessness. We are concerned that restrictions to the scheme will reduce the ability of the Council to do everything that it can to prevent people from losing their home. We are particularly concerned that the capital allocation for 2025 will be less than the final spend on the scheme in 2024; that refurbishment costs will be excluded; that an arbitrary 2 year in receipt of social housing support rule will be applied to properties. We agree to write to the Minister for Housing, James Browne, urging him not to increase the risk of adults and children entering homelessness by removing the new restrictions to the operation of the Tenant-In-Situ scheme or reductions in funding to this vital homeless prevention measure."
Proposed by Cllr. T. Forde; seconded by Cllr. A.R. O'Brien.
The minutes record: The outcome was the motion was carried with fifteen in favour, ten against, and one abstention.
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Fianna Fáil | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Fine Gael | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Sinn Féin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Labour Party | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aontú | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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.