Tánaiste acknowledges 'social disaster' in housing

Leo Varadkar said "other Government departments need to do their bit too and that's, I think, the role of the Department of Taoiseach to drive that forward".

Mr Varadkar said that he believes Mr O'Brien and his department are working to solve the housing crisis but said that whatever the Government chooses to call the situation "doesn't build any houses". File photo: Maxwells

The Tánaiste has said he wants to see the Government's flagship Housing For All strategy implemented faster to stem the "social disaster" in housing.

Leo Varadkar was speaking in Dun Laoghaire in Dublin on Wednesday, where he said that homelessness figures are likely to rise again on Friday when the Department of Housing releases its monthly figures.