CURRENT (on- going spending, leases, rent supports, etc) €1.4bn
“11,820 new homes to be added to supply of social housing through build, acquisition & leasing, with focus on new build (9,000 homes)”
..unclear how many direct build (good value for money), acquisition (vfm in low demand locations only), & leasing (very poor vfm)
“€676m will support a package of measures to deliver more affordable housing, including 4,130 affordable purchase & cost rental homes”
“affordable purchase” = subsidies up to €100,000 per home in ‘shared ownership’
“cost rental”= rent 25% below market rent
also budgeted:
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Prof @PhilipNolan_MU on @TodaywithClaire “we are not surprised, it was a possibility… we have had this “event” where cases went from 1100 to 1600/day.. it’s rapidly evolving.. the first indication was last Friday (from Wed swabs) & positivity % has increased” #Covid19
“Proportionally more infections are middle age & older adults now.. & requiring hospitalisation”
“we are unlikely to see major surge (due to vaccination).. but it’s on a knife edge” ..“we need to encourage & support vaccination”..2/3 in ICU are unvaccinated”
“we don’t know if this is a transient event or a step change that will stay at new level.. we are worried given (high) positivity rate” ... “vaccines offer 90% protection against hospitalisation”
🇮🇪 #Covid19 It’s been one year since the LongForgottenDublinPandemicExperimentOf2020™️
If we had paid attention, 2021 could have been much, much better. Here’s why..
[we didn’t learn, but it’s never too late!] 1/
On 13 Sept 2020 the national 7-day average was 187 cases/day (it’s currently 1,300 almost 7 times amount)
In context of summer 2020, there were concerns. So govt brought in new restrictions ~for Dublin only~
Most significant was a ban on indoor dining & pubs ~in Dublin only~ 2/
[+ an inter-county travel ban, limits on gatherings, closure of museums, & limits on some other not-so-high risk activities]
Most significant difference between Dublin & the Rest of Ireland was that indoor dining & pubs were open outside Dublin 3/ assets.gov.ie/87604/405b1065…
(rough maths)
HEPA filtration €400 per classroom is < weekly cost of 1 contact tracer
We pay *900* contact tracers
HEPA for EVERY classroom ~as permanent protection for EVERY variant, virus & pollution~ would cost <6 more months of 900 contact tracers irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4069…
(rough maths #2)
HEPA for EVERY classroom would be < cost of hospitalising 1,800 children (for average 1 week each)
1,800 schoolchildren is the number that would be expected to be hospitalised if 1 in 4 of all schoolchildren were infected in the coming months (0.25%)
(rough maths #3)
HEPA filtration for EVERY classroom as permanent protection would cost less than the *increase* in funding to horse & greyhound racing this year (up from €84m to €96m in 2021) rte.ie/sport/racing/2…
🇮🇪 Ireland: isolation of ‘close contacts’ if not vaccinated
🏴 England: no isolation of any under 18s for any reason
🇫🇷 France #schools “masks, mandatory from age 6.. classrooms regularly ventilated… In primary schools, if one child tests positive, class will close for 7 days.. In high schools children positive & not vaccinated placed into isolation for at least 1 week” amp.france24.com/en/france/2021…
🇮🇹 Italy ‘masks for everyone aged over six, staggered entrance/exit times, quarantine rules for classes with positive cases & some classes taught online, depending on the health situation in local area’ thelocal.it/20210831/expla…