'Lapse of concentration' by Green TD led to SF housing motion being passed

Malcolm Noonan, Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, says he was unclear what the Ceann Comhairle was asking and failed to move a government countermotion

A mistake by Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, has led to the accidental passing of a Sinn Féin housing motion in the Dáil.

Malcolm Noonan says "a momentary lapse of concentration" on his part was the reason the government accidentally passed a Sinn Féin housing motion.

The motion called for affordable housing to be delivered with a maximum cost in Dublin of €230,000 and less outside the capital and with monthly rental costs of €700 to €900.