Sinn Féin's Eoin Ó Broin hits out at Housing Minister over failed annual targets

Sinn Féin's spokesperson for housing, Eoin Ó Broin said the Government's failure to meet housing targets is 'embarrassing'. Picture: Leah Farrell/ RollingNews.ie

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien has been accused of "deflecting blame away from the weakness of his own plan", which will not meet targets this year.

Just 325 affordable purchase homes have been completed to date, though many of these have not yet been sold or occupied.