Government policies accelerating house prices, says Jan O'Sullivan

Update 5.15pm: The Government's housing policies are directly causing the surge in prices and the help to buy scheme has accelerated the rise, according to Jan O'Sullivan.

"The rapidly increasing price of housing is a direct result of the policies that the Fine Gael Government, ably supported by Fianna Fáil has pursued over the last year," said the Labour spokesperson on Housing.