Fine Gael vows to appoint housing minister

Enda Kenny has promised to appoint a new Cabinet-level minister for housing if Fine Gael enter government.

Families facing eviction from their homes in Tyrrelstown yesterday marched on Leinster House before attending a debate on the housing and homeless crisis in the Dáil.

Speaking in the Dáil, Mr Kenny said a new housing initiative similar to the Action Plan for Jobs would be rolled out within four weeks of his party re- entering power.