Ructions in the Dáil as Sinn Féin clash with Government over housing record

The Tánaiste said that housing is a “key priority” of the Government and that they will have delivered over 100,000 homes since they took office in 2020.

The Tánaiste strongly rejected the assertions, leading to heckles from the Sinn Féin benches and a slapdown from Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl. 

There were ructions in the Dáil on Thursday in the final Leaders’ Questions of the year, as Tánaiste Micheál Martin defended the Government’s record on housing.

Sinn Féin’s finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty raised the most recent social and affordable housing statistics, saying that the Government will fail to reach their target for 2023.