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Government to look at buying flats before they are built.

Rialtas le breathnú ar árasáin a cheannach sula dtógfaí iad.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien hosted a conference on the housing crisis which took place in Government Houses today.

Bhí an Taoiseach Leo Varadkar agus an tAire Tithíochta Darragh O'Brien ina n- óstaigh ar chomhdháil maidir leis an ngéarchéim tithíochta a bhí ar siúl i dTithe an Rialtais inniu.

Different dreamers who have a voice on the issue participated in the conference - such as builders, developers, academics and organizations that help the homeless.

Dreamanna éagsúla a bhfuil guthaíocht acu ar an gceist a bhí rannpháirteach sa chomhdháil - leithéidí tógálaithe, forbróirí, acadóirí agus eagraíochtaí a chuidíonn le daoine gan dídean.

The main topic of the conference was the Government's housing strategy and above all, it was said, new ways to speed up its implementation were discussed.

Ba é straitéis tithíochta an Rialtais príomhábhar na comhdhála agus thar aon rud eile, a dúradh, pléadh bealaí nua le dlús a chur lena chur i bhfeidhm.

Developers have received planning permission to build 70,000 apartments in various towns and cities in the country, and after the conference the Taoiseach said that the Government would remember to buy thousands of them (according to the architects' drawings) in the hope that they would be taken without delay.

Tá cead pleanála faighte ag forbróirí le 70,000 árasán a thógáil i mbailte agus i gcathracha éagsúla sa tír, agus i ndiaidh na comhdhála dúirt an Taoiseach go gcuimhneodh an Rialtas ar na mílte acu a cheannach (de réir líníochtaí na n-ailtirí) le súil go dtógfaí iad gan aon mhoill.

Sinn Féin's housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin, however, claimed that the conference was proof of the ineffectiveness of the Government's housing strategy.

Mhaígh urlabhraí tithíochta Shinn Féin Eoin Ó Broin, áfach, gur cruthú ar mhí-éifeacht straitéis tithíochta an Rialtais a bhí sa chomhdháil.

He said rent, house prices and the number of homeless people have never been as high as they are now.

Dúirt sé nach raibh cíos, praghsanna tithe ná an líon daoine atá gan dídean chomh hard riamh agus atá faoi láthair.

According to the latest figures, 11,500 people are homeless, a record number.

De réir na bhfigiúirí is deireanaí, tá 11,500 duine gan dídean, an líon is mó riamh.

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