Government accused of not 'doing the bare minimum' by spending its housing budget 

Social Democrat TD Holly Cairns: 'I don’t think there is one person left in the State that has faith in your housing policy.' 

The Government has been criticised for missing its affordable housing targets last year and has been accused of not “doing the bare minimum” by spending its budget.

In a spikey exchange between the Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns and Enterprise Minister Simon Coveney, Ms Cairns hit out at the Government’s delivery of 1,757 affordable homes against a target of 4,100.