Ballpark house-building targets for coming years already published, says Martin

Ballpark house-building targets for the coming years are already in the public domain, Micheál Martin has insisted.

The Tánaiste was commenting on the prospect of the Government setting new targets for the next five years ahead of the general election being called.

That is a move Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has been pressing for in recent weeks.

Amid suggestions Fianna Fáil is resistant to the idea, party leader Mr Martin was asked about the issue ahead of Wednesday’s cabinet meeting in Dublin.

“Well, we’ve already published ESRI (Economic and Social Research Institute) data in respect of the housing potential targets for the next number of years,” he told reporters.

“There was a range of scenarios identified by the ESRI and then you have the National Planning Framework as well, which dovetails with your housing targets for…

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