Opposition hits out at Minister for Housing in testy Dáil debate

The Government’s housing plan has “failed” and housing targets are “a fiction”, opposition politicians have said.

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien and senior opposition politicians argued over whether the Housing for All plan was working and whether there was enough “urgency” in tackling the housing crisis.

Mr O’Brien said that since the coalition Government took office in 2020, the number of new homes being built had almost doubled.

He said that there would be “high 30,000s” to 40,000 homes delivered by the end of the year and said that figures published on Thursday showed the highest quarter-three home completions on record.

The Dáil row during Leaders’ Questions came after new figures showed there were 8,939 new dwellings completed in the third quarter of the year.

According to these and previous Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures, there have been 21,664 new dwellings completed so far this year, down on 22,521 completions during the same…