Minister criticised for saying Government ‘winning the battle’ on housing
The Government is “winning” the battle on housing, a Cabinet minister has claimed.
The Central Bank has projected that the Government will miss its own housing targets by a wide margin for the next three years, having also underdelivered in 2024.
Enterprise Minister Peter Burke said he would “contest strongly” that the Government’s housing plan was failing.
He said the Government had met its targets “at scale” in 2023 and 2022.
On RTÉ’s The Week in Politics, Mr Burke said: “I’m trying to explain exactly what we’re doing and how we are winning this battle.”
He added: “We’re starting to turn the tide. It’s going to take time. Absolutely, it will take time, I have no doubt in that.”
The comments were immediately criticised by Sinn Féin TD Mairead Farrell, who described the minister as “out of touch”.
On the same programme, she said: “I’m just absolutely shocked at what the minister just…
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