Cabinet split in most serious row to date over housing funding

A row erupted at Cabinet between Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe about funding the Housing For All plan

It was reported that Taoiseach Micheál Martin (L) and Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe (R) went 'toe to toe' at the Cabinet meeting over housing funding. File Photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Senior government figures have clashed at Cabinet over the county's housing plan in what has been described as the most serious row of the uneasy Fianna Fáil-Fine Gael coalition to date.

The two largest pillars in the three-party government are understood to be completely at odds over the multi-billion euro 'Housing for All' plan, with the dispute so severe over the budget for the scheme that the Government has failed to agree its summer economic statement (SES), the traditional prelude to the budget.