Update: Government defends homelessness record as FF call for housing budget

Opposition parties are claiming the Housing Minister has 'gone missing' amid the growing homelessness crisis in the capital.

Update: 1.54pm: Fianna Fáil say the budget needs to be a housing budget as Government TDs and Ministers have been out this morning to defend their record when it comes to dealing with the homelessness crisis.

Simon Harris says the housing crisis is the biggest scar left by the financial crash, and he wants to know the full details of what happened with