Government’s social housing plans fall well short, warns Labour

THE Government’s plans for social and affordable housing fall well short of meeting society needs, it was claimed yesterday.

Eamon Gilmore, the Labour Party’s environment spokesman, said the five-year plans would not even fulfil recommendations from the Government’s own strategic planning unit.

“The provision of adequate affordable homes for the thousands of people who are priced out of the Irish property market should be the number one priority of this Government,” the Dun Laoghaire TD said.